venal.
venal, venous (pertaining to veins)
Meaning & usage
venal, venous (pertaining to veins)
related to sales, commercial
easily bribable, capable of selling oneself; corrupt
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *wes- Proto-Indo-European *-n̥ Proto-Indo-European *wósn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *wésnos Proto-Italic *wesnos Latin vēnum Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Latin vēnālislbor. Portuguese venal Learned borrowing from Latin vēnālis.
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