Where does “spirant” come from?
spirant (English) comes from Latin spirans, from Latin spiro, from Proto-Italic speizō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- — to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...
spirant (English): A fricative
Ancestry of “spirant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | spirans | breathing; exhaling |
| 2 | Latin | spiro | I breathe, draw breath, respire; I blow, breathe,... |
| 3 | Proto-Italic | speizō | — |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)peys- | to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;... |
Words derived from “spirant”