Where does “inhalant” come from?
inhalant (French) comes from French inhaler, from Latin inhālāre, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.
inhalant (French): present participle of inhaler
Definitions
- present participle of inhaler
Ancestry of “inhalant”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | inhaler | to inhale |
| 2 | Latin | inhālāre | — |
| 3 | Latin | în | — |
| 4 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 5 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |