Where does “spirant” come from?

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

spirant (Latin): third-person plural present active indicative of...

Definitions

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of...

Ancestry of “spirant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1LatinspiroI breathe, draw breath, respire; I blow, breathe,...
2Proto-Italicspeizō
3Proto-Indo-European(s)peys-to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...
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