Where does “salvapantallas” come from?
salvapantallas (Spanish) comes from Spanish pantalla, from Catalan pantalla, from Catalan ventalla, from Catalan ventall, from Catalan ventar, from Catalan vent, from Old Occitan vent, from Latin ventus — to blow.
salvapantallas (Spanish): screensaver
Definitions
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Ancestry of “salvapantallas”, step by step
salvapantallas traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Spanish pantalla
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spanish | pantalla | screen; display screen; lampshade |
| 2 | Catalan | pantalla | screen; screen, display, monitor |
| 3 | Catalan | ventalla | lattice, latticework |
| 4 | Catalan | ventall | fan (hand-held device) |
| 5 | Catalan | ventar | to be windy |
| 6 | Catalan | vent | wind; A casteller in the pinya standing between... |
| 7 | Old Occitan | vent | wind movement of air |
| 8 | Latin | ventus | a wind; arrival |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | wentos | wind |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wéh₁n̥ts | blowing; that which blows; the wind, air |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂wḗh₁ti | to blow |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂weh₁- | to blow |