Etymology

veto

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Today it means: A political right to disapprove of (and thereby stop) the process of a decision, a law etc. Full definition →

Latin vetō
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  1. Latin · derived fromvetō“to forbid”
  2. English todayveto

From Latin vetō (“to forbid”).

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