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English word respiration comes from Latin spirare, Latin re-, Dutch respirare, and later Latin respiratio (Breathing, respiration. Exhaling.)
spirare (Latin)
re- (Latin)
Again; prefix added to various words to indicate an action being done again, or like the other usages indicated above under English.. Back, backwards.
respirare (Dutch)
respiro (Latin)
(intransitive) I breathe, respire.. (intransitive, figuratively) I abate, diminish, cease.. (intransitive, figuratively) I recover breath; recover, revive.. (transitive) I blow or breathe back; breathe out, exhale.
respiratio (Latin)
Breathing, respiration. Exhaling.
respiracioun (Middle English)
respiration (English)
An act of breathing; a breath.. Any similar process in an organism that lacks lungs that exchanges gases with its environment.. The process by which cells obtain chemical energy by the consumption of oxygen and the release of carbon dioxide.. The process of inhaling and exhaling; breathing, breath.