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Where does “ispirare” come from?

ispirare (Italian) comes from Latin īnspīrāre, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

ispirare (Italian): to inspire; to give inspiration, to prompt, to...

Definitions

  1. to inspire; to give inspiration, to prompt, to...

Ancestry of “ispirare”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinīnspīrāre—
2Latinīn-—
3Latinîn—
4Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
5Proto-Italicenin
6Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “ispirare”

  • ispirabilità
  • ispirato
  • ispiratamente
  • ispirabile
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