inspire的词源

英文词源

inspire: inspire: see spirit
inspire (v.): mid-14c., enspiren, "to fill (the mind, heart, etc., with grace, etc.);" also "to prompt or induce (someone to do something)," from Old French enspirer (13c.), from Latin inspirare "inflame; blow into" (see inspiration), a loan-translation of Greek pnein in the Bible. General sense of "influence or animate with an idea or purpose" is from late 14c. Also sometimes used in literal sense in Middle English. Related: Inspired; inspires; inspiring.

in-,进入，使，-spir,呼吸，词源同respire,spirit.即吸入活力，吸收灵感，引申词义启发，鼓舞。

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词根词缀： in-入 + -spir-呼吸 + -e → 吸入气息,注入精神力量