Etymology

upbreathe

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Today it means: To breathe up or out; to exhale. Full definition →

English breathe ← Middle English brethen
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The story

  1. Englishup-
  2. Middle Englishbreeth
  3. Middle Englishbrethen
  4. Englishbreathe
  5. English todayupbreathe

From up- + breathe.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.