Etymology:
The word "aspirate" comes from the Latin "aspirare," meaning "to breathe."
Meaning:
Origin:
The Latin verb "aspirare" is a compound of "ad-" (toward) and "spirare" (to breathe). The original sense of the word was "to breathe upon" or "to inhale," but it later came to be used more generally to refer to any sound made with a puff of air.
In linguistics, the term "aspirate" was first used in the 16th century to describe the voiceless consonants /p/, /t/, and /k/, which are produced with a puff of air. In surgery, the term "aspirate" was first used in the 19th century to describe the procedure of removing fluid or other material from a body cavity using a needle and syringe.
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