English

inbreath

From in + breath.

A compound of in + breath

Proto-Indo-European *h₁én ‘in’

Proto-Germanic *in

Proto-West Germanic *in

Old English in

Middle English in ‘inside’

English in

Proto-Indo-European *bʰreh₁-

Proto-West Germanic *brāan ‘to smoke’

Proto-West Germanic *brāþi ‘vapour’

Old English brǣþ ‘odor’

Middle English breeth

Today it means

noun A breath taken in; an inhalation.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / inbreath