Etymology

vein

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Today it means: A blood vessel that transports blood from the capillaries back to the heart. Full definition →

Middle English veine ← Old French veine ← Latin vēna
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  1. Latinvēna
  2. Old Frenchveine
  3. Middle Englishveine
  4. English todayvein

From Middle English veine, borrowed from Anglo-Norman veine, from Latin vēna (“a blood-vessel; vein; artery”) of uncertain origin. See vēna for more. Doublet of vena. Displaced native edre, from ǣdre (whence edder).

Words from the same roots

Latinvēna all →

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