Etymology

aspirant

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Today it means: Someone who aspires (for high office, etc.) Full definition →

French aspirant ← Latin aspīrāre ← Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  2. Proto-Italic*ad
  3. Proto-Italic*ad-
  4. Latinad-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  6. Latinspīrō
  7. Latinaspīrāre
  8. Frenchaspirer
  9. Frenchaspirant
  10. English todayaspirant

Borrowed from French aspirant.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.