Etymograph

English

venti

Venti comes from Italian venti ‘twenty 􂀿ounces􂁀’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁wih₁ḱm̥tireconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīgentīreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīgintī‘twenty (20)’
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEvĭnti‘contraction of vīgintī (“twenty”)’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentventi‘twenty 􂀿ounces􂁀’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2002same form

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*h₁wih₁ḱm̥tireconstructed
  2. Proto-Italicc. 1500–700 BCE*wīgentīreconstructed
  3. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEvīgintī‘twenty (20)’
  4. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEvĭnti‘contraction of vīgintī (“twenty”)’
  5. Italianc. 1300–presentventi‘twenty 􂀿ounces􂁀’
  6. Englishearliest quotation 2002same form

Earliest quotation: 2002, Judith Matloff, Whose Neighborhood?: “They always order ventis," a cashier said brightly, "and…”

Every English word from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti

Today it means

adj Larger than grande, usually 20 ounces (~ 0.6 l).

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *h₁wih₁ḱm̥ti / venti

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