The story
- Latin · derived fromex“out”
- Old French · derived fromesventail“air-hole”
- Middle English · inherited fromaventayle
- English todayaventail
From Middle English aventayle, from Old French esventail (“air-hole”), from esventer (Modern French éventer), from Latin ex (“out”) + ventus (“wind”). Related to ventail.
Words from the same roots
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exchangeawardexeffortsewersoarallegeextenuatingelanceex-excarnificateex contractuexcorticateex negativoexnihilationex nuncex parteex post factoex situexsufflicateex temporeextumescenceex-voto
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.