Where does “aspirator” come from?
Aspirator comes from English aspirate, from Latin aspiratus, the past participle of aspirare meaning "to breathe upon," formed from Latin ad- and spirare, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European roots meaning "to breathe."
aspirator (English): A pump which draws gas through a liquid; A pump...
Definitions
- A pump which draws gas through a liquid; A pump...
Ancestry of “aspirator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | aspirate | The puff of air accompanying the release of a... |
| 2 | Latin | aspīrātus | — |
| 3 | Latin | aspīrō | — |
| 4 | Latin | ad- | to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it... |
| 5 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 6 | Latin | în | — |
| 7 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |