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

  1. The puff of air accompanying the release of a...

Ancestry of “aspirate”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinaspīrātusbreathed, aspired
2Latinaspīrōto breathe or blow upon
3Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
4Latinīn-un-, non-, not
5Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
6Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
7Proto-Italicenin
8Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “aspirate”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Latin ad- →