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French word venir comes from English writ, Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥-yé-ti, and later Latin venio ((intransitive) I approach. (intransitive) I come.)

writ (English)

(archaic) That which is written; writing.. (legal) A written order, issued by a court, ordering someone to do (or stop doing) something.. Authority, power to enforce compliance. (archaic, nonstandard).

*gʷm̥-yé-ti (Proto-Indo-European)

venio (Latin)

(intransitive) I approach. (intransitive) I come.

come (Tocharian B)

*gʷm̥sḱéti (Proto-Indo-European)

To be walking. To come, to be coming.

*gʷm̥yéti (Proto-Indo-European)

*gʷenjō (Proto-Italic)

To come.

venir (Old French)

To come; to arrive.

venir (Middle French)

To come (go to a specified location).

venir (French)

(intransitive) To come (to move from one place to another that is nearer the speaker).

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