myEtymology.com: English etymology of vent

1. Etymology of the English word vent

the English word vent

derived from the Old French word esventer

Dutch ventiel, English ventillate, French ventiler, German Ventil, Icelandic ventill, Italian ventilare, Latin ventilare, Spanish ventilar, Swedish ventil

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derived from the English word vent

derived from the Old French word fente

derived from the Vulgar Latin root *findita

derived from the Latin word findere (to cleave; split, cleave, divide)

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