Etymology

veiny

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Today it means: Having prominent veins. Full definition →

English vein ← Middle English veine ← Old French veine
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The story

  1. Latinvēna
  2. Old Frenchveine
  3. Middle Englishveine
  4. Englishvein
  5. English todayveiny

From vein + -y.

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