词根词缀：spiro-, spir-, spira-, spirat-, -spire, -spiring, -spiration, -spirational (breath)

【来源及含义】Latin: breath of life, breath, breathing; mind; spirit, "soul"; courage

【相关描述】Don't confuse this spiro-, with another spiro- meaning "coil, twisted".

【相关词根词缀】 Word units related to breath and breathe: hal-; pneo-; pneumato-; pneumo-; psych-.

【同源单词】antiperspirant, aquatic respiration, aspirant, aspirate, aspirate, aspiration

词根词缀：spiro-, spir-, spiri-

【来源及含义】Greek, speira > Latin, spira: coil, coiled; twisted, turning

【相关描述】The Greek speira refers to anything which is wound or wrapped around something. In the plural, speirai, it includes the twisted folds or coils of a serpent or of a net; therefore, it refers to anything which is coiled, wreathed, or twisted; such as, a coil of a snake.

Careful, there is another spiro- which means "breath of life; breathing, breath".

【相关词根词缀】There are other "coil" words at this helico- unit.

【同源单词】conchospiral, spiradenitis, spiradenoma, spiral, spiral, spiral