Where does “aspirate” come from?
Aspirate comes from Latin aspiratus, past participle of aspiro (to breathe toward), formed from ad- (to) and the Proto-Indo-European root ád (to) from h₂éd.
aspirate (English): The puff of air accompanying the release of a...
Definitions
- The puff of air accompanying the release of a...
Ancestry of “aspirate”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | aspīrātus | — |
| 2 | Latin | aspīrō | — |
| 3 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 4 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 5 | Latin | în | — |
| 6 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 7 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “aspirate”