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
Ancestry of “suspiro”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 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- | sub- |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | upó | under, below |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₃ewp- | — |