Etymology

ventile

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Today it means: Any of the nineteen points that divide an ordered distribution into twenty parts, each containing one twentieth of the population. Full definition →

Italian venti ← Late Latin vĭnti ← Latin vīgintī
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ventile · noun1

  1. Latin · derived fromvīgintī
  2. Late Latin · derived fromvĭnti
  3. Italian · derived fromventi“twenty”
  4. English todayventile

From Italian venti (“twenty”), Late Latin vĭnti, from Latin vīgintī.

Ventile · proper noun2

Brand name.

Words from the same roots

Italianventi all →

venti

Latinvīgintī all →

vigesimalvigintennialviginti-vigintile

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