soar

soar · verb, noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromαὔρα“breath”
2. Latin · derived fromex“out”
3. Vulgar Latin · derived from*exaurare“to rise into the air”
4. Old French · derived fromessorer“to fly up, soar”
5. Middle English · inherited fromsoren
6. English todaysoar

From Middle English soren, from Old French essorer (“to fly up, soar”), from Vulgar Latin *exaurare (“to rise into the air”), from Latin ex (“out”) + aura (“the air, a breeze”), from Ancient Greek αὔρα (aúra, “breath”). Compare aura, and exhale.

Soar · proper noun²

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*srew-“to flow, run”
2. English todaySoar

Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *srew- (“to flow, run”), similar to the Latin river name Saravus and Sar in Spain.

Words from the same roots