Translation
to inspire
Word origin
From Latin inspirare, from in- ('into') plus spirare ('to breathe'). To inspire someone was to breathe an idea into them, and the same root gives spirit and respiration.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- inspirare
- English cognates
- inspire, spirit, respire, aspire
Examples
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The music inspired him to write a poem.
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Her example inspires everyone who works with her.
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What inspired you to start this project?
This one is a real seam in Latin and a false one in Esperanto. ('to breathe') is right there at rank 611, and in- looks like a prefix, but Esperanto has no productive in-: the built form would be , which means to breathe in and nothing more. came over as a single borrowed root.
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