aspire
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology
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1996
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© The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology 1996, originally published by Oxford University Press 1996. (Hide copyright information)
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aspire have a desire for something above one XV; rise up, mount XVI. — (O)F.
aspirer or L.
aspīrāre have an ambition, etc., f.
AD- +
spīrāre breathe.
So
aspirant XVIII. — F. or L.
aspirate adj. XVII; sb. XVIII. — pp. of L.
aspīrāre.
aspirate vb. XVIII.
aspiration XIV. — (O)F. — L.
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box
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