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Where does “vântoasă” come from?

vântoasă (Romanian) comes from Romanian vântos, from Latin ventōsus, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wéh₁n̥ts, from Proto-Indo-European h₂wḗh₁ti, from Proto-Indo-European h₂weh₁- — to blow.

vântoasă (Romanian): whirlwind, high wind, great gale, strong gust,...

Definitions

  1. whirlwind, high wind, great gale, strong gust,...

Ancestry of “vântoasă”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Romanianvântoswindy, breezy
2Latinventōsus—
3Latinventusa wind; arrival
4Proto-Italicwentoswind
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wéh₁n̥tsblowing; that which blows; the wind, air
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂wḗh₁tito blow
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂weh₁-to blow
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