vent

vent · noun, verb¹

1. French · borrowed froméventer
2. Latin · derived fromventus
3. Middle French · borrowed fromvent
4. English todayvent

Partly from Middle French vent, from Latin ventus and partly from French éventer. Cognate with French vent and Spanish viento (“wind”) and ventana (“window”). Doublet of wind.

vent · noun²

Clipping of ventriloquism.

vent · verb³

1. Latin · derived fromvendere“to sell”
2. French · derived fromvente
3. English todayvent

From French vente, from Latin vendere (“to sell”).

vent · noun⁴

1. Spanish · derived fromventa“a poor inn, sale, market”
2. English todayvent

From Spanish venta (“a poor inn, sale, market”).

vent · noun, verb⁵

Clipping.

Vent · proper noun⁶

1. Dutch · derived fromde Vent
2. English todayVent

Reduced form of Dutch de Vent.

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