Where does “expirar” come from?

expirar (Catalan) comes from Latin exspīrō, from Latin spīrō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- — to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...

expirar (Catalan): to expire, to breathe out

Definitions

  1. to expire, to breathe out

Ancestry of “expirar”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinexspīrōto exhale (breathe out)
2Latinspīrōto breathe, draw breath, respire
3Proto-Indo-European(s)peys-to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- →Every word from Latin spīrō →Every word from Latin exspīrō →