English
interspiration
Interspiration comes from Latin interspiratio ‘a pause for breath, a catching of breath’, and goes back to interspīrō.
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterspīrō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterspiratio‘a pause for breath, a catching of breath’
- Englishearliest quotation 1651interspiration
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterspīrō
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEinterspiratio‘a pause for breath, a catching of breath’
- Englishearliest quotation 1651interspiration
Earliest quotation: 1651, Joseph Hall, Susurrium cum Deo. Soliloquies: Or: “By this means it comes to pass, that these…”
Every English word from Latin interspīrō
Today it means
noun spiritual inspiration at separate times, or at intervals
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Latin interspīrō / interspiration