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transpire

The origin and history of transpire.

Etymology

From Latin trans- "across, through" and spirare "to breathe", via French transpirer. The original English sense was the botanical one of vapour passing through a surface, from which the figurative sense of information leaking out developed.

Origin: Latin

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