Where does “respire” come from?
respire (French) comes from French respirer, from Middle French respirer, from Old French respirer, from Latin respīrō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō-, from Proto-Italic *pro- — passed , crossed.
respire (French): inflection of respirer:
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Definitions
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Ancestry of “respire”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | respirer | to breathe |
| 2 | Middle French | respirer | to breathe |
| 3 | Old French | respirer | to respire; to breathe; to come back to life; to... |
| 4 | Latin | respīrō | — |
| 5 | Latin | rĕ- | — |
| 6 | Latin | prōdūcō | — |
| 7 | Latin | prō- | — |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |