Where does “ventilo” come from?
ventilo (French) comes from French ventilateur, from English ventilator, from Latin ventilator, from Latin ventilō, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti — to blow.
ventilo (French): fan
Definitions
- fan
Ancestry of “ventilo”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ventilateur | ventilator, fan; pedestal fan |
| 2 | English | ventilator | A device that circulates fresh air and expels... |
| 3 | Latin | ventilator | winnower; second-person singular future passive... |
| 4 | Latin | ventilō | to toss, swing, brandish in the air |
| 5 | Latin | ventus | a wind; arrival |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | wentos | wind |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |