veteranus

Latin

From vetus, veteris (“old, aged”) +‎ -ānus (adjective-forming suffix).

veterānus (feminine veterāna, neuter veterānum); first/second-declension adjective

	masculine	feminine	neuter	masculine	feminine	neuter
	singular			plural
nominative	veterānus	veterāna	veterānum	veterānī	veterānae	veterāna
genitive	veterānī	veterānae	veterānī	veterānōrum	veterānārum	veterānōrum
dative	veterānō	veterānae	veterānō	veterānīs
accusative	veterānum	veterānam	veterānum	veterānōs	veterānās	veterāna
ablative	veterānō	veterānā	veterānō	veterānīs
vocative	veterāne	veterāna	veterānum	veterānī	veterānae	veterāna

Inherited

Borrowed

→ Catalan: veterà
→ Middle French: vétéran
- French: vétéran
  - → Romanian: veteran
- → English: veteran
→ German: Veteran
→ Ancient Greek: οὐετερανός (oueteranós), οὐετρανός (ouetranós), βετεράνος (beterános), βετράνος (betrános)
- Greek: βετεράνος (veterános)
- → Aramaic:
  Hatran Aramaic: 𐣠𐣥𐣨𐣣𐣭𐣠 (ʾuwəṭrānā)
  
  Palmyrene Aramaic: 𐡥𐡨𐡴𐡮𐡠 (wəṭrānā)
  
  Classical Syriac: ܐܷܘܛܪܳܢܳܐ (ʾewəṭrānā), ܘܛܪܳܢܳܐ (wəṭrānā)
→ Italian: veterano
→ Portuguese: veterano
→ Spanish: veterano

“veteranus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
“veteranus”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
veteranus in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
- veterans; experienced troops: vetus miles, veteranus miles