English
anhelation
Anhelation may come from French anhélation ‘anhelation, shortness of breath’.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentanhélation‘anhelation, shortness of breath’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1619anhelation
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentanhélation‘anhelation, shortness of breath’uncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 1619anhelation
Earliest quotation: 1619, John Donne: “[T]ruſt not upon that rule, that men buy cheapeſt…”
The story
Anhēlātus is the perfect passive participle of anhēlō (‘to breathe out, exhale; to draw breath with difficulty, gasp, pant, puff’).
Every English word from French anhélation
Today it means
noun Breathing difficulty, shortness of breath.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French anhélation / anhelation