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Where does “biopsychospiritual” come from?

biopsychospiritual (English) comes from English psychospiritual, from English spiritual, from Middle English spiritual, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spiritualis, from Latin spīritus, from Latin spīrō, from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys- — to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...

biopsychospiritual (English): Relating to biology, spirituality and the mind

Definitions

  1. Relating to biology, spirituality and the mind

Ancestry of “biopsychospiritual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpsychospiritualOf or pertaining to the relationship between...
2EnglishspiritualOf or pertaining to the spirit or the soul; Of or...
3Middle Englishspiritual—
4Old Frenchspirituel—
5Late LatinspiritualisAlternative form of spīritālis; of breathing, of...
6Latinspīritus—
7Latinspīrō—
8Proto-Indo-European(s)peys-to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...
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