Vent Definition
Origin of Vent
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Partly from French vent (from Old French) and partly alteration of French évent (from Old French esvent) (from esventer to let out air) (from Vulgar Latin exventāre) (Latin ex- ex–) (Latin ventus wind wē- in Indo-European roots)
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Middle English vente alteration (probably influenced by Old French vent wind) of fente from Old French slit from fendre to split open from Latin findere fission
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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Partly from French vent, from Latin ventus and party from French éventer.
From Wiktionary
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Spanish venta (“a poor inn, sale, market"). See vent (“sale").
From Wiktionary
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French vente, from Latin vendere (“to sell").
From Wiktionary
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Clipping of ventriloquism
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