Etymology

abat-vent

Today it means: Louvres or strips of wood or metal used as windbreaks that allow light and air in, often seen in belfries. Full definition →

French abat-vent ← Latin ventus
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  1. Latin · derived fromventus
  2. French · borrowed fromabat-vent
  3. English todayabat-vent

Borrowed from French abat-vent, from abattre (“to throw down”) + vent (“wind”), from Latin ventus.

Words from the same roots

Latinventus all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.