Where does “ventaglio” come from?
ventaglio (Italian) comes from French éventail, from French éventer, from Vulgar Latin *exventāre, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.
ventaglio (Italian): fan; series, range; first-person singular present...
Definitions
- fan; series, range; first-person singular present...
Ancestry of “ventaglio”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | éventail | fan; range, array |
| 2 | French | éventer | to air, ventilate; to fan; to expose to the wind |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *exventāre | — |
| 4 | Latin | ventus | a wind; arrival |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | wentos | wind |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |
Words derived from “ventaglio”