Where does “وانتوز” come from?
وانتوز (Ottoman Turkish) comes from French ventouse, from Middle French ventouse, from Old French ventuse, from Latin ventosa, from Latin ventosus, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts — to blow.
Ancestry of “وانتوز”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | ventouse | plunger; suction cup; cup for fire cupping |
| 2 | Middle French | ventouse | — |
| 3 | Old French | ventuse | a cupping glass |
| 4 | Latin | ventosa | nominative feminine singular of ventōsus;... |
| 5 | Latin | ventosus | windy |
| 6 | Latin | ventus | a wind; arrival |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | wentos | wind |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |