Where does “ventilate” come from?

ventilate (Italian) comes from Italian ventilare, from Latin ventilō, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

ventilate (Italian): feminine plural of ventilato; second-person...

Definitions

  1. feminine plural of ventilato; second-person...

Ancestry of “ventilate”, step by step

ventilate traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Italian ventilare

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianventilareto ventilate, air
2Latinventilōto toss, swing, brandish in the air
3Latinventusa wind; arrival
4Proto-Italicwentoswind
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow

via Italian ventilato

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianventilatopast participle of ventilare; airy, windy,...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁-Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁tiEvery word from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts