Veitsrodt most likely arose in Frankish times, in the 9th or 10th century. In the early 13th century, Veitsrodt had its first documentary mention in a directory of fiefs kept by Saint Maximin's Abbey in Trier. The village was then known simply as "Rodt", which was descriptive of how it had arisen, namely as a clearing (Modern High German: "Rodung") in the forest. "Veit" meant the same as "Vogt" (“reeve”), and it can therefore easily be assumed that the village's name stemmed from the Waldgravial "Vögte" (the plural of "Vogt") within whose administrative holdings Veitsrodt found itself for centuries. On the other hand, the church in Veitsrodt was consecrated to Saint Vitus (called "Veit" in German), which would mean that the name meant “Vitus’s Clearing”. Saint Maximin's Abbey held the church patronage rights and the tithes in Veitsrodt at the beginning of the 13th century.