Proto-Germanic

*fīsaną

‘to blow’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Germanic *fīsaną.

8 English words in this record descend from Proto-Germanic *fīsaną, most familiar first.

• expire ← expirer ← expīrō ← spīrō
• spire ← spirer ← spīrō
• conspire ← conspiren ← conspirer ← conspirare ← spīrō
• respire ← respiren ← respirer ← spīrō
• spiracle ← spiraculum ← spirō
• spirant ← spirans ← spīrō
• fise ← físa
• spiroscope ← spirō

Etymograph / Proto-Germanic *fīsaną