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

  1. fan; series, range; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “ventaglio”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchéventailfan; range, array
2Frenchéventerto air, ventilate; to fan; to expose to the wind
3Vulgar Latin*exventāre—
4Latinventusa wind; arrival
5Proto-Italicwentoswind
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

Words derived from “ventaglio”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti →Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts →