Where does “suspiro” come from?
suspiro (Portuguese) comes from Portuguese suspirar, from Old Portuguese suspirar, from Latin suspirare, from Latin suspiro, from Latin sub-, from Proto-Indo-European upó, from Proto-Indo-European h₃ewp-.
suspiro (Portuguese): sigh; meringue
Definitions
- sigh; meringue
Ancestry of “suspiro”, step by step
suspiro traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Portuguese suspirar
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese | suspirar | to sigh |
| 2 | Old Portuguese | suspirar | — |
| 3 | Latin | suspirare | present active infinitive of suspīrō;... |
| 4 | Latin | suspiro | I sigh, utter with a sigh |
| 5 | Latin | sub- | under, sub |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |
via Latin suspirium
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | suspirium | a deep breath; a gasp, a pant; a sigh |
| 2 | Latin | -ium | Suffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes... |
| 3 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 4 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |