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- Latin · derived fromexpīrō, exspīrō
- Middle French · derived fromexpirer
- Middle English · inherited fromexpire
- English todayexpire
From Middle English expire, from Middle French expirer, from Latin expīrō, exspīrō, from ex- (“out”) + spīrō (“breathe, be alive”).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.