Where does “inspirer” come from?

inspirer (Old French) comes from Old French espirer, from Latin īnspīrō, from Latin īn-, from Latin în, from Latin en, from Proto-Italic en, from Proto-Indo-European h₁én — in.

Ancestry of “inspirer”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Old French	espirer	to breathe in; to breathe life into; to inspire;...
2	Latin	īnspīrō	to breathe into; to blow upon
3	Latin	īn-	un-, non-, not
4	Latin	în	in, at, on, upon, from (space)
5	Latin	en	lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
6	Proto-Italic	en	in
7	Proto-Indo-European	h₁én	in

Words derived from “inspirer”

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Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →Every word from Latin īn- →Every word from Proto-Italic en →