Where does “sopiri” come from?

sopiri (Esperanto) comes from French soupirer, from Middle French souspirer, from Old French souspirer, from Latin suspīrō, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.

sopiri (Esperanto): to long for, yearn for

Definitions

  1. to long for, yearn for

Ancestry of “sopiri”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsoupirerto sigh
2Middle Frenchsouspirerto sigh
3Old Frenchsouspirerto sigh
4Latinsuspīrōto sigh
5Latinsub-under, sub
6Proto-Indo-Europeanupóunder, below
7Proto-Indo-Europeanh₃ewp-—

Words derived from “sopiri”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp- →Every word from Proto-Indo-European upó →Every word from Latin sub- →
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