Where does “vantuz” come from?
vantuz (Turkish) comes from Ottoman Turkish وانتوز, from French ventouse, from Middle French ventouse, from Old French ventuse, from Latin ventosa, from Latin ventosus, from Latin ventus, from Proto-Italic wentos — to blow.
vantuz (Turkish): suction cup
Definitions
- suction cup
Ancestry of “vantuz”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ottoman Turkish | وانتوز | — |
| 2 | French | ventouse | plunger; suction cup; cup for fire cupping |
| 3 | Middle French | ventouse | — |
| 4 | Old French | ventuse | a cupping glass |
| 5 | Latin | ventosa | nominative feminine singular of ventōsus;... |
| 6 | Latin | ventosus | windy |
| 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 |