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alenitare.

to breathe

9 characters5 syllables approx.Latina language

Meaning & usage

verb/aleneˈdaːre//alenˈtaːre/
  1. to breathe

    Proto-Western-Romance · reconstruction
Where this word comes from

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁-slo- Proto-Italic *anaslos Latin anhēlus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin anhēlō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Vulgar Latin anhēlitus ▲ Vulgar Latin -āre Vulgar Latin *an(h)ēlitāre Latin *alenitare From an older *an(h)ēlitāre, from anhēlitus (“breath”) + -āre (verb-forming suffix). Alternatively, from alēnō + -itāre, the former a late metathetic variant of Classical anhēlō (“breathe”). The metathesis that moved /l/ leftwards may in part be due to the synonym halāre.

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