Where does “ventoturbino” come from?

ventoturbino (Esperanto) comes from Esperanto vento, from French vent, from Middle French vent, from Old French vent, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti — to blow.

ventoturbino (Esperanto): wind turbine

Definitions

  1. wind turbine

Ancestry of “ventoturbino”, step by step

ventoturbino traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Esperanto vento

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoventowind
2FrenchventAtmospheric wind; A flatulence; Empty words, hot...
3Middle Frenchventwind
4Old Frenchventwind
5Latinventusa wind; arrival
6Proto-Italicwentoswind
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
9Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

via Esperanto turbino

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Esperantoturbinoturbine
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁tiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts
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