Etymograph

English

Venus

Venus comes from Latin Venus.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEVenus
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1624same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEVenus
  2. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500same form
  3. Englishearliest quotation 1624same form

Earliest quotation: 1624, Democritus Junior pseudonym; Robert Burt, Oxford: “Immoderate Venus in excess, as it is a cause,…”

Linked words

through Latin Venus

venerable, venerate, 4 more

Today it means

name The second planet in the Solar system.

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

Etymograph / Latin Venus / Venus

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