Where does “breathprint” come from?

breathprint (English) comes from English fingerprint, from English print, from Middle English printen, from Middle English emprinten, from Old French empreinter, from Old French empreindre, from Latin imprimere, from Latin imprimo — in.

breathprint (English): The chemical contents of an exhaled breath, supposedly unique to an individual

Definitions

  1. The chemical contents of an exhaled breath, supposedly unique to an individual

Ancestry of “breathprint”, step by step

breathprint traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via English fingerprint

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishfingerprintThe natural pattern of ridges on the tips of...
2EnglishprintOf, relating to, or writing for printed...
3Middle Englishprinten
4Middle Englishemprinten
5Old Frenchempreinter
6Old Frenchempreindre
7Latinimprimeresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8LatinimprimoI press, impress; I print, imprint, stamp
9Latinīn-un-, non-, not
10Latinînin, at, on, upon, from (space)
11Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
12Proto-Italicenin
13Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

via English breath

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishbreathThe act or process of breathing; A single act of...
2Middle Englishbreethbreath
3Old Englishbrǣþodor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor
4Proto-Germanicbrēþizvapour; steam; breath; odour, smell
5Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰrē-t-exhalation from heat; steam
6Proto-Indo-Europeanbʰer-to bear, carry

Words derived from “breathprint

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én
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