Where does “spirant” come from?

spirant (Romanian) comes from Italian spirante, from Italian spirare, from Latin spīrāre, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- — to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...

spirant (Romanian): fricative consonant

Definitions

  1. fricative consonant

Ancestry of “spirant”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italianspirantepresent participle of spirare; breathing;...
2Italianspirareto blow, breeze; to expire, pass away, die
3Latinspīrāre—
4Proto-Indo-European(s)peys-to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...
Every word from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- →Every word from Latin spīrāre →Every word from Italian spirare →
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