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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

  1. screen; screen, display, monitor

Ancestry of “pantalla”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalanventalla—
2Catalanventall—
3Catalanventar—
4Catalanventwind; A casteller in the pinya standing between...
5Old Occitanvent—
6Latinventusa wind; arrival
7Proto-Italicwentoswind
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

Words derived from “pantalla”

  • salvapantallas
  • pantallita
  • pantalla
  • pantallazo
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