Where does “βεντούζα” come from?
βεντούζα (Greek) comes from French ventouse, from Middle French ventouse, from Old French ventuse, from Latin ventosa, from Latin ventosus, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts — to blow.
βεντούζα (Greek): plunger; suction cup, sucker; sucker
Definitions
- plunger; suction cup, sucker; sucker
Ancestry of “βεντούζα”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ventouse | plunger; suction cup; cup for fire cupping |
| 2 | Middle French | ventouse | — |
| 3 | Old French | ventuse | a cupping glass |
| 4 | Latin | ventosa | nominative feminine singular of ventōsus;... |
| 5 | Latin | ventosus | windy |
| 6 | Latin | ventus | a wind; arrival |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wentos | wind |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |