Where does “inspirer” come from?
Inspirer comes from Old French -er combined with Latin in- and -arius, ultimately deriving from Latin in meaning "in" or "into."
inspirer (English): Someone who inspires
Ancestry of “inspirer”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | inspire | To infuse into the mind; to communicate to the... |
| 2 | Middle English | enspiren | to ask, inquire; to inspire |
| 3 | Old French | enspirer | — |
| 4 | Old French | espirer | to breathe in; to breathe life into; to inspire;... |
| 5 | Latin | īnspīrō | — |
| 6 | Latin | īn- | — |
| 7 | Latin | în | — |
| 8 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |