Podcasts Other Membean Word Root Of the Day #130 Breathe Easy with "Spir"

#130 Breathe Easy with "Spir"

Published: May 16, 2016, 7 a.m.

The Latin root word spir means “breathe.” This root is the word origin of a fair number of English vocabulary words, including inspire, respiration, and expire. The root spir is easily recalled via the word perspiration, that is, sweat in the act of “breathing” through the pores of your skin.
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