Where does “vant” come from?

vant (Mauritian Creole) comes from French ventre, from Middle French ventre, from Old French ventre, from Latin venter, from Proto-Indo-European wend-tri.

vant (Mauritian Creole): belly, stomach

Definitions

  1. belly, stomach

Ancestry of “vant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchventrebelly; stomach; antinode
2Middle Frenchventrebelly; stomach
3Old Frenchventrebelly; stomach
4Latinventerbelly, abdomen; body, trunk; stomach
5Proto-Indo-Europeanwend-tri—
Every word from Proto-Indo-European wend-tri →Every word from Latin venter →Every word from Old French ventre →
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