Where does “soupirer” come from?

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

soupirer (French): to sigh

Definitions

  1. to sigh

Ancestry of “soupirer”, step by step

soupirer traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle French souspirer

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

via Latin suspīrāre

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuspīrāre—

Words derived from “soupirer”

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