vehement

The story

1. Latin · derived fromvehemēns“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”
2. Middle French · borrowed fromvehement
3. English todayvehement

Borrowed from Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehemēns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from vē- (“lacking, too little”) + mēns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”).