Where does “însuflețitor” come from?
însuflețitor (Romanian) comes from Romanian însufleți, from Romanian suflet, from Vulgar Latin *sufflitum, from Latin sufflō, from Latin flō, from Proto-Italic flāō, from Proto-Indo-European bʰleh₁-, from Proto-Indo-European bʰel-.
însuflețitor (Romanian): inspiring
Definitions
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Ancestry of “însuflețitor”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | însufleți | to animate, enliven |
| 2 | Romanian | suflet | soul, spirit |
| 3 | Vulgar Latin | *sufflitum | — |
| 4 | Latin | sufflō | to blow, puff up, inflate |
| 5 | Latin | flō | to breathe, blow |
| 6 | Proto-Italic | flāō | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰleh₁- | to bleat; to cry; to blow |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰel- | to sound; to speak, roar, bark; shiny, white; to... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰōl- | — |