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Here’s a game: can you find any English word that starts with V that doesn’t originate in Latin? I can’t think of any.

vacca => vaccine
varix => varicose
velum => velum
vendere => vend
vilis => vile
vilaticus => village
vindemia => vintage
vinea => vine
virginem => virgin
vorax => voracious

Ah, found it! vole from Norse vǫllr is the exception!

My sister found me a second exception, van from Persian kârvân.