Etymology

venetian

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Today it means: Of, from or relating to the city of Venice or surrounding province, Veneto region, northeastern Italy. Full definition →

Latin Venetianus ← Gaulish Uenetoi ← Proto-Celtic *wenet
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  1. Proto-Celtic · derived from*wenet
  2. Gaulish · derived fromUenetoi“the friendly ones, the kinsmen”
  3. Latin · borrowed fromVenetianus“Venetic; Venetian”
  4. English todayVenetian

From Latin Venetianus (“Venetic; Venetian”), from Venetia (“lands of the Veneti; Venice, Veneto; Armorica”) + -anus (“-ian”), from Veneti + -ia. In the case of the Veneti of northern Brittany, derived from Gaulish Uenetoi (“the friendly ones, the kinsmen”), from Proto-Celtic *wenet, a derivation from *wenyā (“kindred”). In the case of the Veneti of northeastern Italy, of uncertain origin but presumably taken from a Venetic endonym, possibly Illyrian or Celtic. Equivalent to Veneto or Venetia + -ian.

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