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Where does “aspirement” come from?

aspirement (English) comes from English aspire, from Middle English aspiren, from Old French aspirer, from Latin aspīrō, from Latin ad-, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en — in.

aspirement (English): aspiration

Definitions

  1. aspiration

Ancestry of “aspirement”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishaspireTo have a strong desire or ambition to achieve...
2Middle Englishaspiren—
3Old Frenchaspirer—
4Latinaspīrō—
5Latinad-to; usually prefixed to verbs, in which cases it...
6Latinīn-—
7Latinîn—
8Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
9Proto-Italicenin
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →