词根：veter = old （老）

veteran 老兵

inveterate 根深蒂固的

词根词缀：veter-

【来源及含义】Latin vetus: old, aged, old age; many years, a long time; elder, elderly; senior

【相关词根词缀】 Related "old; old age, elder" units: gero-; obsolesc-; presbyo-; sen-.

【同源单词】inveteracy, inveterate, inveterately, inveterateness, inveteration, veteran