exhale

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   give out (breath or an odor)

   The chimney exhales a thick smoke.

Simplified etymology

Exhale, recorded in late Middle English, derives ultimately from Latin halare, “to breathe.” The same Latin verb lies behind inhale, which appeared later in English.

From Middle French exhaler, from Latin exhalare, from ex (“out”) + halare (“to breathe”).

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