vento
Portuguese
/ˈvẽ.tu/
noun
Definitions
- wind moving air
- (less common) air gases of the atmosphere
- (figurative) nothingness; nothing the lack of something
Etymology
Inherited from Old Portuguese vento inherited from Latin ventus (wind) inherited from Proto-Italic *wentos inherited from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wéh₁n̥ts (blowing, wind).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*h₂wéh₁n̥ts
Gloss
blowing, wind
Concept
Semantic Field
The physical world
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
風
Emoji
🌪️ 🌬️ 🍃 🎐
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- subventaneous English
- *exvento, exventāre, *exventō Latin
- *exventō Latin
- *ventana Latin
- *ventāna Latin
- beneventus Latin
- exventāre, *exventō Latin
- ventosus Latin
- ventus Latin
- vento Italian
- abat-vent French
- vent French
- venter French
- éventer French
- aventar Spanish, Castilian
- cortavientos Spanish, Castilian
- ventana Spanish, Castilian
- ventar Spanish, Castilian
- viento Spanish, Castilian
- *h₂weh₁- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂wéh₁n̥ts Proto-Indo-European
- aventar Portuguese
- cata-vento Portuguese
- catar Portuguese
- ventar Portuguese
- ventoinha Portuguese
- *windaz Proto-Germanic
- vent Old French
- vento Esperanto
- vento Galician
- vânt Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- zvânta Romanian, Moldavian, Moldovan
- vento Old Portuguese
- *wintos Proto-Celtic
- *HwáHatas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- vimtu Aromanian
- *wentos Proto-Italic
- vientu Asturian
- vint Friulian
- ven Old Occitan
- vent Old Occitan
- sbintari Sicilian
- ventu Sicilian
- ba Northern Kurdish
- vènt Venetian
- bientu Papiamentu
- vénto Ligurian
- viant Dalmatian
- bentu Kabuverdianu
- vant Bourguignon
- bentana Sardinian
- bentu Sardinian
- vento Istriot
- bentu Guinea-Bissau Creole
- bento Mirandese
- 𒄷𒌋𒉿𒀭𒍝 Hittite
- vint Picard
- *w'entë Proto-Tocharian