Where does “perspiration” come from?
perspiration (Middle French) comes from French perspirer, from Latin perspirare, from Latin per, from Latin Ad, from Latin illic, from Latin ille, from Latin olle, from Proto-Italic *olnos — that.
Ancestry of “perspiration”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | perspirer | perspire |
| 2 | Latin | perspirare | to breathe everywhere, blow constantly; to blow... |
| 3 | Latin | per | through, by means of; throughout, during |
| 4 | Latin | Ad | toward, to |
| 5 | Latin | illic | he, she, it, yonder, that, overthere; in that... |
| 6 | Latin | ille | that; those; "; demonstrative pronoun "; that... |
| 7 | Latin | olle | Archaic form of ille |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | *olnos | that |