Breathe
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Middle English (in the sense ‘exhale, steam’): from breath.
wiktionary
From Middle English brethen(“to breathe, blow, exhale, odour”), derived from Middle English breth(“breath”). Eclipsed Middle English ethien and orðiæn, from Old English ēþian and orþian(“to breathe”); as well as Middle English anden, onden, from Old Norse anda(“to breathe”). More at breath.
etymonline
breathe (v.)
"to draw air into and expel it from the lungs; to inhale and exhale (a scent, etc.)," c. 1200, not in Old English, but it retains the original Old English vowel of its source word, breath. To breathe (one's) last "die" is from 1590s. To breathe down the back of (someone's) neck "be close behind" is by 1946. Related: Breathed; breathing.
