venge
English
verb
Definitions
- (obsolete) To avenge; to punish; to revenge.
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English vengen derived from Old French venger derived from Latin vindicare (vindicate, avenge).
Origin
Latin
vindicare
Gloss
vindicate, avenge
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- unvengeful English
- vengeance English
- vengeancely English
- vengeful English
- vengefully English
- vengefulness English
- venger English
- whip-belly vengeance English
- whistle-belly vengeance English
- vindicare Latin
- vindicāre Latin
- vindikál Hungarian
- vengiare Italian
- *deyḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- vengen Middle English
- venger Old French