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Where does “spīrō” come from?

spīrō (Latin) comes from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- — to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...

Ancestry of “spīrō”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Indo-European(s)peys-to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...
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