Where does “pantalla” come from?
pantalla (Catalan) comes from Catalan ventalla, from Catalan ventall, from Catalan ventar, from Catalan vent, from Old Occitan vent, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts — to blow.
pantalla (Catalan): screen; screen, display, monitor
Definitions
- screen; screen, display, monitor
Ancestry of “pantalla”, step by step
pantalla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan ventalla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | ventalla | lattice, latticework |
| 2 | Catalan | ventall | fan (hand-held device) |
| 3 | Catalan | ventar | to be windy |
| 4 | Catalan | vent | wind; A casteller in the pinya standing between... |
| 5 | Old Occitan | vent | wind movement of air |
| 6 | Latin | ventus | a wind; arrival |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wentos | wind |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |