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spiracle

Meaningto breathe

Common meaning: a breathing hole

Journey through time

  1. Latinspirare‘to breathe’source
  2. Latinmeaning shiftsto breathe → an air-holespiraculum‘an air-hole’source
  3. Frenchmeaning shiftsan air-hole → a breathing-holespiracle‘a breathing-hole’source
  4. Englishmeaning shiftsa breathing-hole → a breathing holespiracle‘a breathing hole’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
  • US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Latin spirare ‘to breathe’.

Roots

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