Where does “insufflator” come from?
insufflator (English) comes from English insufflate, from Latin insufflatus, from Latin insufflo, from Latin sufflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
insufflator (English): a person or device which insufflates; A form of...
Definitions
- a person or device which insufflates; A form of...
Ancestry of “insufflator”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | insufflate | To breathe or blow into or on; To treat by... |
| 2 | Latin | insufflatus | |
| 3 | Latin | insufflo | I blow or breath into or upon |
| 4 | Latin | sufflō | — |
| 5 | Latin | flō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |