venue English · revision 6642

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=borrowing|attested=c. 1300|origins=la venio}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈvɛnjuː/^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is Middle English veneu, [[bor|fro|venue|t=a coming]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986) the noun use of the feminine past participle of [[m|fro|venir|t=to come]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024) from [[la|venio|alt=venīre|t=to come]],^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline) from PIE [[ine-pro|*gʷem-|alt=*gwa-|t=to go, come]] (see [[come]]).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ An assault or attack: probably about 1300 in Barnhart, before 1330 in the OED;^(Barnhart 1988)^(OED 1989) Etymonline has the act of arriving about 1300.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ A thrust or hit in fencing, and a bout of fencing, are 16th-century senses, now obsolete.^(OED 1989)^(Hoad 1986) The legal sense, the place where a case is tried or from which a jury is summoned, is first recorded in 1531.^(Barnhart 1988)^(MWU 2024)^(Etymonline) The ''change of venue'' is in Blackstone (1768).^(Etymonline) It was extended to any place of meeting, especially for a concert or sporting event, by 1857.^(Etymonline)^(Hoad 1986)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * c. 1300 – an attack; an arrival.^(Barnhart 1988)^(Etymonline)

+ * 1531 – the place of a trial.^(Barnhart 1988)

+ * 1591 – a thrust in fencing (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1768 – change of venue.^(Etymonline)

+ * 1857 – a meeting place.^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # The place where an event, such as a [[concert]] or sports match, is held.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # ''(law)'' The place where a trial is held, or from which the [[jury]] is drawn.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[change of venue]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[avenue]]

+ * [[revenue]]

+ * [[convene]]

+ * [[advent]]

+ * [[event]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}