spir
to breathe
Latin · spirare / spiritus
Words with spir carry the idea of breath, which people long treated as the sign of life. Breath became spirit, and breathing in became inspiration or ambition.
Memory trick
A spire rises like a long breath of the building, reaching up into the air.
Words from this root
- inspire (in + spire) — to breathe courage intoप्रेरित करना
- aspirant (a + spir + ant) — one who strongly aims for somethingआकांक्षी, उम्मीदवार
- conspire (con + spire) — to plot together secretlyसाज़िश रचना
- perspire (per + spire) — to sweat through the skinपसीना आना
- perspiration (per + spir + ation) — sweatपसीना
- respire (re + spire) — to breathe again; to breatheसाँस लेना
- spirit (spirit) — soul, life force, courageआत्मा, हौसला
- spiritual (spirit + ual) — of the soul or spiritआध्यात्मिक
- spirituality (spiritual + ity) — focus on the soulआध्यात्मिकता
- spiritually (spiritual + ly) — in a way of the soulआध्यात्मिक रूप से
- dispirit (dis + spirit) — to take away courageहौसला तोड़ना
- spiracle (spir + acle) — a small breathing holeश्वास-छिद्र