Etymology

vanquish

van·quish
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Today it means: To defeat (someone); to overcome. Full definition →

Middle English venquysshen ← Old French veincre ← Latin vincō
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  1. Latin · derived fromvincō
  2. Old French · derived fromveincre
  3. Middle English · inherited fromvenquysshen
  4. English todayvanquish

From Middle English venquysshen, vaynquisshen, borrowed from a conjugated form of Old French veincre, from Latin vincō.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.