venom

*wun- (Proto-Indo-European)

*weneznom (Proto-Indo-European)

*wenh₁-es-no- (Proto-Indo-European)

*weneznom (Proto-Italic)

*wenesnom (Proto-Italic)

venenum (Latin)

A potion, juice. Poison, venom.

*venimem (Vulgar Latin)

venin (Old French)

venom (English)

(obsolete) Poisonous, poisoned; (figuratively) pernicious. (figuratively) Feeling or speech marked by spite or malice.. A poison carried by an animal, usually injected into an enemy or prey by biting or stinging. (obsolete) To infect with venom; to envenom; to poison.