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Where does “ventilate” come from?

Ventilate comes from Latin ventilatus, the past participle of ventilo meaning to fan or winnow, derived from ventus meaning wind.

ventilate (English): To replace stale or noxious air with fresh; To...

Definitions

  1. To replace stale or noxious air with fresh; To...

Ancestry of “ventilate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinventilātus—

Words derived from “ventilate”

  • ventilator
  • ventilating
  • hyperventilate
  • hypoventilate
  • ventilative
  • reventilate
  • ventilatable
  • hyperventilator
  • unventilatable
  • hyperventilative
  • ventilateur
  • ventilator
Every word from Latin ventilātus →