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Where does “inhaler” come from?

inhaler (French) comes from Latin inhālāre, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

inhaler (French): to inhale

Definitions

  1. to inhale

Ancestry of “inhaler”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latininhālāre—
2Latinîn—
3Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
4Proto-Italicenin
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “inhaler”

  • inhalent
  • inhalant
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →