English
venire
Venire comes from Latin venīre faciās, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-1‘to come, to step’root named by Wiktionary
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvenīre faciās1
- Englishearliest quotation 1729venire1
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
- 1 Wiktionary, English venire
- Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1729, Giles Jacob, In the Savoy [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt: “[W]here a Venire omits Part of the Iſſue, or…”.
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*gʷem-Wiktionary, English venire‘to come, to step’root named by Wiktionary
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvenīre faciāsWiktionary, English venire
- Englishearliest quotation 1729venireWiktionary, English venire. Earliest quotation in Wiktionary’s entry: 1729, Giles Jacob, In the Savoy [London]: Printed by E. and R. Nutt: “[W]here a Venire omits Part of the Iſſue, or…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- ‘to come, to step’
come, coming, base, basic, basis, event, bass, diabetes, convention, cum, revenue, avenue, adventure, inventory, venue, convenience, intervene, advent, inventor, pug, invent, provenance, convene, souvenir, contravention, quim, contravene, circumvention, revenant, 54 more
Today it means
noun A writ of venire facias.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “venire”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- / venire