Where does “ventro” come from?

ventro (Esperanto) comes from French ventre, from Middle French ventre, from Old French ventre, from Latin venter, from Proto-Indo-European wend-tri.

ventro (Esperanto): belly

Definitions

  1. belly

Ancestry of “ventro”, step by step

ventro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French ventre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchventrebelly; stomach; antinode
2Middle Frenchventrebelly; stomach
3Old Frenchventrebelly; stomach
4Latinventerbelly, abdomen; body, trunk; stomach
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwend-tri—

via Italian ventre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianventreabdomen, midriff, belly, stomach; womb

Words derived from “ventro”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European wend-tri →Every word from Latin venter →Every word from Old French ventre →