Venetians
/vəˈniːʃənz/noun
People from Venice, Italy, or things associated with Venice.
Did you know?The name ultimately comes from a very ancient tribal name, and the same root also lives on in the word for the Baltic people known as the Wends.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*wen-
“to desire, strive for, love”
Pre-Roman / Ancient Italic
Italic
*Wenetoi
“the Veneti, an ancient people of the Adriatic region”
Latin
Latin
Venetia
“the region of the Veneti; later the area around Venice”
Old French
OF
Venecie
“Venice”
Middle English
ME
Venecian
“a person from Venice”
Modern English
English
Venetians
“people from Venice; also Venetian-style objects or furnishings”