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Where does “suspin” come from?

suspin (Romanian) comes from Latin suspirium, from Latin -ium, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

suspin (Romanian): sob, sigh; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. sob, sigh; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “suspin”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinsuspiriuma deep breath; a gasp, a pant; a sigh
2Latin-iumSuffix used to form abstract nouns, sometimes...
3Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
4Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
5Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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