Venison

Morpheme

Venison

Type

free base

Denotation

wild animal hunted for game meat, deermeat

Etymology

Middle English venisoun, venesoun; Anglo-Norman veneisun, venesoun, venesun; Old French venesoun; Latin vēnātiōnem, from vēnātiō, from vēnor, from vēnārī

Evidence

venison, venisons

Notes

venison, venation, and venatio are doublets

See Also

Venere, -ion