Where does “respirație” come from?
respirație (Romanian) comes from Romanian respira, from French respirer, from Middle French respirer, from Old French respirer, from Latin respīrō, from Latin rĕ-, from Latin prōdūcō, from Latin prō- — passed , crossed.
respirație (Romanian): breath; breathing
Definitions
- breath; breathing
Ancestry of “respirație”, step by step
respirație traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Romanian respira
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | respira | to breathe |
| 2 | French | respirer | to breathe |
| 3 | Middle French | respirer | to breathe |
| 4 | Old French | respirer | to respire; to breathe; to come back to life; to... |
| 5 | Latin | respīrō | to blow or breathe back; to breathe out, exhale |
| 6 | Latin | rĕ- | back, backwards |
| 7 | Latin | prōdūcō | to lead or bring forth, forward or out |
| 8 | Latin | prō- | forward direction, forward movement |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | *pro- | pro- see the Latin entry for further meanings |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | pro- | toward, forward |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | por- | to give birth; forward, through; going, passage |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | per- | before, in front; first; to go through |
| 13 | Proto-Indo-European | pr̥tós | passed , crossed |
via French respiration
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | respiration | respiration |
| 2 | Latin | respiratio | exhaling; breathing, respiration |
| 3 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 4 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 5 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 6 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 7 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 8 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 9 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |