English
exsufflate
Exsufflate comes from Latin exsufflō ‘to blow at or upon’, and goes back to flō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflō‘to breathe, blow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsufflō‘to blow, puff up, inflate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsufflōas exsufflare‘to blow at or upon’
- Englishtodayexsufflate
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEflō‘to breathe, blow’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEsufflō‘to blow, puff up, inflate’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEexsufflōas exsufflare‘to blow at or upon’
- Englishtodayexsufflate
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-
blow, blast, bliss, bladder, flux, fluent, feeble, confluence, fluency, blithely, fluvial, blare, blasé, bleat, blather, 44 more
through Latin flō ‘to breathe, blow’
inflation, flavor, inflate, flatulence, conflate, 17 more
through Latin sufflō ‘to blow, puff up, inflate’
Today it means
verb To exorcise or renounce by blowing.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin flō / exsufflate