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Where does “inexhalable” come from?

inexhalable (English) comes from English exhalable, from English exhale, from Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from Latin ex, from Latin commūnicō, from Latin commūnis, from Old Latin com(m)oinis — resin.

inexhalable (English): Incapable of being exhaled

Definitions

  1. Incapable of being exhaled

Ancestry of “inexhalable”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishexhalableCapable of being exhaled or evaporated
2EnglishexhaleTo expel air from the lungs through the nose or...
3Middle Frenchexhaler—
4Latinexhalarepresent active infinitive of exhālō;...
5LatinexA name of the letter "X"; out of, from
6Latincommūnicō—
7Latincommūnis—
8Old Latincom(m)oinis—
9Proto-Italickommoinis—
10Proto-Indo-Europeanḱom-moy-ni-held in common
11Proto-Indo-Europeanḱómbeside, near, by, with
12Proto-Indo-EuropeanḱeDeictic particle, here; Post-positional...
13Middle Englishkyt—
14Germankitt—
15Old High Germankuti—
16Proto-West Germanickwidugum, resin
17Proto-Germanickweduzresin
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