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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

  1. wind; A casteller in the pinya standing between...

Ancestry of “vent”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Occitanvent—
2Latinventusa wind; arrival
3Proto-Italicwentoswind
4Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

Words derived from “vent”

  • sotavento
  • sotavent
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