insufflate

verb

blow or breathe hard on or into

treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity

breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit

Roots

inin- · Latin · into subsuf- · Latin · under, up from under flarefl- · Latin · to blow atus-ate · Latin · to make

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Where does insufflate come from?

The word insufflate breaks down into 4 roots of Latin origin: in-, from Latin in (“into”); suf-, from Latin sub (“under, up from under”); fl, from Latin flare (“to blow”); and -ate, from Latin atus (“to make”). Explore each root to see other English words built from the same source.