Where does “expire” come from?

Expire comes from Middle French expirer, from Latin exspirāre, composed of the prefix ex- and Latin spirāre meaning "to breathe," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European eǵ-.

expire (English): To die; To lapse and become invalid; To exhale;...

Definitions

  1. To die; To lapse and become invalid; To exhale;...

Ancestry of “expire”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Frenchexpirer—
2Latinexpīrō—
3Latinspīrōto breathe, draw breath, respire
4Proto-Indo-European(s)peys-to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...

Words derived from “expire”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- →Every word from Latin spīrō →Every word from Latin expīrō →
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