Etymograph

English

halituous

Halituous comes from Latin halitus ‘breath, vapor’, and goes back to halō.

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhalō1as halare‘to breathe’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhalitus1‘breath, vapor’
  3. Englishtodayhalituous1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English halituous

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhalōWiktionary, English halituousas halare‘to breathe’
  2. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEhalitusWiktionary, English halituous‘breath, vapor’
  3. EnglishtodayhalituousWiktionary, English halituous

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *h₂enh₁- ‘to breathe’

and, animal, anime, asthma, unanimous, animate, animosity, animator, anima, anemone, animus, prana, onde, 17 more

through Latin halō ‘to breathe’

inhale, exhalation, 1 more

through Latin halitus ‘breath, vapor’

halitosis, 1 more

Today it means

adj Produced by, or like, breath; vaporous.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “halituous”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

Etymograph / Latin halō / halituous

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