Transpire
/trænˈspaɪə(r)/noun
To occur or become known; also, to give off vapor through the skin or a surface.
Did you know?The word entered English through Latin and French with the physical sense of vapor or moisture passing through something before it later took on the modern meaning “to become known.”
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*sper-
“to breathe, blow”
Latin
Latin
spirare
“to breathe, blow”
Latin
Latin
transpirare
“to breathe through; to exhale or emit vapor”
Middle French
Old French
transpirer
“to give off vapor; to pass through in the form of moisture”
16th Century
English
transpire
“to emit vapor or moisture through pores”
18th Century
English
transpire
“to become known; to happen”