Where does “ventilátor” come from?
ventilátor (Hungarian) comes from German Ventilator, 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.
ventilátor (Hungarian): fan
Ancestry of “ventilátor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Ventilator | fan |
| 2 | English | ventilator | A device that circulates fresh air and expels... |
| 3 | Latin | ventilator | winnower; second-person singular future passive... |
| 4 | Latin | ventilō | — |
| 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 |
Words derived from “ventilátor”