venir French · revision 16265

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=inherited|attested=c. 880, Sequence of Saint Eulalia|origins=ine-pro *gʷem-}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /və.niʁ/^(Wiktionary)

+ * IPA: /vniʁ/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Forms==

+ '''venir'''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is [[inh|fro|venir]], [[inh|la|veniō|t=to come; to arrive; to fall to; to reach]].^(DHLF 1992)^(FEW|14, 239b)^(Grand Robert 2005)^(Wiktionary) The Latin verb meant “to move so as to reach a place (where a person is)”, and also “to arrive, to present oneself”, “to fall to (someone)”, “to reach” and “to come into a state”.^(DHLF 1992) It goes back to an Indo-European root [[ine-pro|*gʷem-]], expressing movement towards a goal, also seen in [[grc|βαίνω|tr=baínō|t=to walk, go]], [[en|come]] and [[de|kommen]].^(DHLF 1992)^(Petit Robert 2007)

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+ Cognate with [[ro|veni]], [[it|venire]], [[oc|venir]], [[es|venir]] and [[pt|vir]].^(Petit Robert 2007)^(Littré 1873)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The ''Sequence of Saint Eulalia'' (about 880) has it with ''a'' and a noun marking the end of the movement, “to come near”: ''et a lui nos laist venir'' “and may he let us come to him”.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The verb first had the general sense of the Latin.^(DHLF 1992) From the late 10th century it meant “to follow, to happen” of events, time and seasons, whence ''l'année qui vient'' “next year” (16th century), a calque of Latin ''veniens annus'', and ''venir bien, mal'' “to come at the right or wrong time” (1050).^(DHLF 1992) ''Venir de'' “to come from” is found about 1050, and figuratively “to result from” about 1170.^(TLFi) ''D'où vient que'' dates from 1664 (Molière).^(TLFi) From 1080 it was a semi-auxiliary with an infinitive, “to set about doing”.^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ''S'en venir'' “to come along” (1080), long general, is now regional and rural in France but common in Quebec French.^(DHLF 1992) The noun [[venue]] dates from the 12th century and [[avenir]] “the future” from 1486, from phrases such as ''le temps à venir''.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989) English ''venue'' comes from Old French ''venue'' “coming”.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 880 – ''Venir'' in the ''Sequence of Saint Eulalia''.^(TLFi)

+ * c. 980 – “To happen, to come about”.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * c. 1050 – ''Venir de'' and ''faire venir''.^(TLFi)

+ * 1080 – With an infinitive, ''s'en venir''.^(DHLF 1992)

+ * c. 1170 – ''Venir de'' “to result from”.^(TLFi)

+ * 1486 – ''Avenir'' “future”.^(Bloch & Wartburg 1989)

+ * 1664 – ''D'où vient que'' in Molière.^(TLFi)

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+ ==Meanings==

+ ===Verb===

+ # To [[m|en|come]]: to move towards the place where the speaker is or is thinking of: ''viens ici''.^(Wiktionary)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To come, to arrive, to happen: ''le jour viendra''.^(DHLF 1992)^(GLLF 1989)

+ # ''Venir de'': to come from; to [[m|en|originate]] from: ''ce mot vient du latin''.^(Wiktionary)^(TLFi)

+ # ''Venir de'' + infinitive: to have just (done): ''il vient de partir''.^(Wiktionary)

+ # ''Venir à'' + infinitive: to happen to: ''s'il venait à pleuvoir''.^(GLLF 1989)

+ # To occur to the mind: ''l'idée lui est venue''.^(TLFi)

+ # ''En venir à'': to get round to, to end up: ''en venir aux mains''.^(TLFi)^(DHLF 1992)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[venue]]

+ * [[avenir]]

+ * [[bienvenu]]

+ * [[bienvenue]]

+ * [[survenir]]

+ * [[tout-venant]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[devenir]]

+ * [[revenir]]

+ * [[convenir]]

+ * [[parvenir]]

+ * [[provenir]]

+ * [[la|veniō]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}