venim

English

Noun

venim (countable and uncountable, plural venims)

1. Obsolete spelling of venom.

Catalan

Verb

venim

1. first-person plural present indicative of venir

Middle English

Noun

venim

1. Alternative form of venym

Old French

Alternative forms

• venin, velin

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *venīmen, from Early Medieval Latin venīnum, from Classical Latin venēnum.

Noun

venim oblique singular, m (oblique plural venins, nominative singular venins, nominative plural venim)

1. venom (poisonous substance from an animal)
   • c. 1150, Thomas d'Angleterre, Le Roman de Tristan, Champion Classiques edition, →ISBN, page 196, line 2482:

     nuls nel puet del venim gartir

     no-one can cure him from the venom

Derived terms

• venimos

Descendants

• Middle French: venin, venim
  • French: venin
• → Middle English: venym, fenim, venem, venim, venom, venyme, wenim
  • English: venom
  • Yola: vengem