Where does “vent” come from?
vent (Catalan) comes from Old Occitan vent, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.
vent (Catalan): wind; A casteller in the pinya standing between...
Definitions
- wind; A casteller in the pinya standing between...
Ancestry of “vent”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Old Occitan | vent | — |
| 2 | Latin | ventus | a wind; arrival |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | wentos | wind |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |
Words derived from “vent”