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vecs

Pronunciation: [ˈvæt͡s]

“vecs” is a Latvian word. Its 15 meanings in English:

adjective

  1. old (who has lived relatively long, relatively many years)
  2. old
  3. old (typical of aged people; weak)
  4. old (who has worked long, who has much experience)
  5. old (who has lived somewhere for a long time)
  6. old (who has been known for a long time)
  7. old (which was founded, created, built, made long ago, which has existed, has been known for a relatively long time)
  8. old (which grew, became ripe a long time ago; which was harvested the previous year)
  9. old (worn out, used for a long time, not suitable for further use)
  10. old (which was stored for a long time ago, which is no longer fit to be eaten)
  11. old (no longer in use, no longer valid)
  12. old (already passed, already gone by; relating to past times)
  13. old, previous (which existed before (something else), before the current one, which was replaced by a new one)
  14. old one (one of two spouses, mentioned by the other one; a parent, mentioned by the child; (plural) parents (syn. vecāki))
  15. old one, old thing (something out of date, outmoded; something which hinders new developments)

Etymology

From Proto-Balto-Slavic *wétušas, from Proto-Indo-European *wet- with an extra (adjectivizing) suffix -(e)s. The original meaning was “of (the) year,” “one year old” (opposed to one born now, recently), from which “older one.” It is also possible that the stem *wet- already had the meaning “previous, earlier,” with the meaning “year” being derived (e.g., “previous, earlier lamb” > “lamb from last…

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