Where does “perspiration” come from?
Perspiration comes from Middle French perspiration, from French perspirer, from Latin perspirare, combining Latin per (through) and a root from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- (to spit or spurt).
perspiration (English): The action or process of perspiring; Hard work; A...
Definitions
- The action or process of perspiring; Hard work; A...
Ancestry of “perspiration”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | perspiration | — |
| 2 | French | perspirer | perspire |
| 3 | Latin | perspirare | to breathe everywhere, blow constantly; to blow... |
| 4 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 5 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 6 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 7 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 8 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |