Breath Definition

brĕth
noun
The act of breathing; respiration.
Webster's New World
Air taken into the lungs and then let out.
Webster's New World
The power to breathe easily and naturally.
To get one's breath back.
Webster's New World
Life or spirit.
Webster's New World
Air carrying fragrance or odor.
Webster's New World

Other Word Forms of Breath

Noun

Singular:
breath
Plural:
breaths

Origin of Breath

  • From Middle English breeth, breth, from Old English brǣþ (“odor, scent, stink, exhalation, vapor”), from Proto-Germanic *brēþiz (“vapour, waft, exhalation, breath”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrē-t- (“exhalation from heat; steam”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰer- (“to seethe, toss about, cook”). Cognate with Scots breth, breith (“breath”), German Brodem (“steam, vapour, fume, odour”). Related also to Icelandic bráður (“hasty, hurried, excited, rash”). More at brath.

    From Wiktionary

  • Middle English breth from Old English brǣth gwhrē- in Indo-European roots

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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