Etymology

exhalation

ex·ha·la·tion
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Today it means: The act or process of exhaling; breathing out Full definition →

Latin exhālātiō
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  1. Latin · derived fromexhālātiō
  2. English todayexhalation

From Latin exhālātiō, from exhālō (“to breathe out, to exhale”), from hālō (“to breathe”). Equivalent to exhale + -ation.

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