Etymology

venge

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Today it means: To avenge; to punish; to revenge. Full definition →

Middle English vengen ← Old French venger ← Latin vindicare
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromvindicare“to avenge, vindicate”
  2. Old French · derived fromvenger
  3. Middle English · inherited fromvengen
  4. English todayvenge

From Middle English vengen, from Old French venger, from Latin vindicare (“to avenge, vindicate”).

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