Where does “expiry” come from?

expiry (English) comes from English expire, from Middle French expirer, from Latin expīrō, from Latin spīrō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- — to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...

expiry (English): End; termination; expiration

Definitions

  1. End; termination; expiration

Ancestry of “expiry”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexpireTo die; To lapse and become invalid; To exhale;...
2Middle Frenchexpirer—
3Latinexpīrō—
4Latinspīrōto breathe, draw breath, respire
5Proto-Indo-European(s)peys-to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...

Words derived from “expiry”

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