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Etymology and origin of the French word intraveineux

Confidence
Established
Formation
Derivation
First attested
1868 Journal de médecine et de chirurgie pratiques More words from the 19th century
Ultimate origin
Latin vena

Pronunciation

  • /ɛ̃.tʁa.vɛ.nø/[1]
  • /ɛ̃.tʁa.ve.nø/[1]

Forms

intraveineux (feminine intraveineuse, masculine plural intraveineux, feminine plural intraveineuses)[1]

Etymology

It is formed from French intra- + veineux (“venous”).[2][3][4][1] veineux is derived from veine, which goes back to Latin vēna (“vein”).[5][6]

Earliest recorded meaning

It is first found in 1868 in the Journal de médecine et de chirurgie pratiques, meaning “situated or done inside a vein”.[2][3]

Semantic evolution

Rey and the GLLF date the adjective only from 1877, when Littré recorded it; the BHVF gives a record from the Journal officiel of that year.[5][7][8] Pasteur wrote in 1884 of an intravenous inoculation.[2] It is said above all of injections, and injection intraveineuse is in Larousse in 1878.[5][7] By the middle of the 20th century the feminine had become a noun, une intraveineuse “an intravenous injection”.[7][4]

Timeline

  • 1868 – First record, in a medical journal.[2]
  • 1877 – Littré records it.[7][5]
  • 1878 – Injection intraveineuse is in Larousse.[7]
  • 1884 – Pasteur writes of intravenous inoculation.[2]
  • mid-20th century – The feminine intraveineuse becomes a noun.[7]

Meanings

Adjective

  1. Situated or done inside a vein; intravenous: injection intraveineuse, perfusion intraveineuse.[4][2][9]

Noun

  1. (feminine) An intravenous injection.[4][9][2]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Wiktionary, the free dictionary, https://en.wiktionary.org
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Trésor de la langue française informatisé (2004), ATILF – CNRS & Université de Lorraine, atilf.fr/tlfi; electronic version of Imbs, Paul; Quemada, Bernard, eds. (1971–1994), Trésor de la langue française, Paris: CNRS / Gallimard
  3. ^ a b Rey, Alain, ed. (2005), Le Grand Robert de la langue française, electronic version, Paris: Le Robert
  4. ^ a b c d Rey-Debove, Josette; Rey, Alain, eds. (2007), Le Petit Robert de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
  5. ^ a b c d Rey, Alain, ed. (1992), Dictionnaire historique de la langue française, Paris: Le Robert
  6. ^ Wartburg, Walther von, et al. (1922–2002), Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, 25 vols., Bonn / Leipzig / Basel: Klopp / Teubner / Zbinden, p. 14, 229b
  7. ^ a b c d e f Guilbert, Louis; Lagane, René; Niobey, Georges, eds. (1971–1978; 1989), Grand Larousse de la langue française, Paris: Larousse
  8. ^ Quemada, Bernard, ed. (1959–2006), Datations et documents lexicographiques (Base historique du vocabulaire français, BHVF), Paris: Klincksieck / CNRS / Champion; ATILF
  9. ^ a b Dictionnaire Le Robert en ligne, dictionnaire.lerobert.com (accessed 2024)
Cite this entry

“Intraveineux.” Etymologically, 15 Nov. 2026, etymologically.com/fr/intraveineux. Accessed 15 Nov. 2026.

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