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

Definitions

  1. A fricative

Ancestry of “spirant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinspiransbreathing; exhaling
2LatinspiroI breathe, draw breath, respire; I blow, breathe,...
3Proto-Italicspeizō—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)peys-to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...

Words derived from “spirant”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- →Every word from Proto-Italic speizō →Every word from Latin spiro →