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minus-squareRevan343@lemmy.calinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days ago Both words share the Latin base for “to breathe”, spirare, which is also where we get expire, aspire, conspire, and even spirit And, presumably, ‘respire’/‘respiration’?
minus-squarelemonmelon@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·11 days agoYup! Spirare is the Latin root of a lot of words, most likely due to how pneuma was believed to be the human soul. Breath and soul were one and the same, so it shows up in a lot of places.
And, presumably, ‘respire’/‘respiration’?
Yup! Spirare is the Latin root of a lot of words, most likely due to how pneuma was believed to be the human soul. Breath and soul were one and the same, so it shows up in a lot of places.