viento

/ˈbjento/ · A2 · noun · m

wind

🌬️ viento = vent + o: air rushes through a vent, and wind is viento

From Latin ventus (wind), the same root as English vent and ventilate. Spanish turned the Latin e into ie, as in tiempo and siete. Wind instruments are instrumentos de viento, which is where the woodwind sense comes from.

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