Etymograph

English

ventilative

From ventilate + -ive.

A compound of ventilate + -ive

Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- ‘to blow (of wind)’

Latin ventilātus ‘ventilated’

English ventilate

Today it means

adj Having the functions of a ventilator; giving ventilation.

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

Etymograph / ventilative