Where does “pantalla” come from?
pantalla (Spanish) comes from Catalan pantalla, from Catalan ventalla, from Catalan ventall, from Catalan ventar, from Catalan vent, from Old Occitan vent, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos — to blow.
pantalla (Spanish): screen; display screen; lampshade
Definitions
- screen; display screen; lampshade
Ancestry of “pantalla”, step by step
pantalla traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Catalan pantalla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catalan | pantalla | screen; screen, display, monitor |
| 2 | Catalan | ventalla | lattice, latticework |
| 3 | Catalan | ventall | fan (hand-held device) |
| 4 | Catalan | ventar | to be windy |
| 5 | Catalan | vent | wind; A casteller in the pinya standing between... |
| 6 | Old Occitan | vent | wind movement of air |
| 7 | Latin | ventus | a wind; arrival |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | wentos | wind |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |
via Italian ventaglio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | ventaglio | fan; series, range; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | French | éventail | fan; range, array |
| 3 | French | éventer | to air, ventilate; to fan; to expose to the wind |
| 4 | Vulgar Latin | *exventāre | — |