expire的词源

英文词源

expire: expire: see spirit
expire (v.): c. 1400, "to die," from Old French expirer "expire, elapse" (12c.), from Latin expirare/exspirare "breathe out, blow out, exhale; breathe one's last, die," hence, figuratively, "expire, come to an end, cease," from ex- "out" (see ex-) + spirare "to breathe" (see spirit (n.)). "Die" is the older sense in English; that of "breathe out" is first attested 1580s. Of laws, patents, treaties, etc., mid-15c. In 17c. also transitive. Related: Expired; expiring.

ex-, 向外。-spir, 呼吸，词源同spirit, inspire. 原指呼出最后一口气，临终。

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词根词缀： ex-出 + (s略)-spir-呼吸 + -e