Etymograph

English

Venables

Venables may come from Latin venabulum ‘hunting spear’.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvenabulum‘hunting spear’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayVenables

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvenabulum‘hunting spear’uncertain
  2. EnglishtodayVenables

The story

Probably derived from Latin venabulum (‘hunting spear’), in the sense of "hunting ground". The surname arrived in England through Norman.

Today it means

name A village in Eure department, Normandy, France.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Latin venabulum / Venables