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Where does “spiritual” come from?

Spiritual comes from Middle English spiritual, from Old French spirituel, from Late Latin spiritualis, from Latin spiritus meaning "breath" or "spirit," from Proto-Indo-European (s)peys-.

spiritual (English): Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul; Of or...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the spirit or the soul; Of or...

Ancestry of “spiritual”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishspiritual—
2Old Frenchspirituel—
3Late LatinspiritualisAlternative form of spīritālis; of breathing, of...
4Latinspīritus—
5Latinspīrō—
6Proto-Indo-European(s)peys-to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;...

Words derived from “spiritual”

  • spiritually
  • spiritualism
  • Spiritualism
  • spiritualist
  • spiritualistic
  • unspiritual
  • spiritualize
  • spiritualization
  • psychospiritual
  • spiritualise
  • nonspiritual
  • superspiritual
  • antispiritual
  • unspiritually
  • spiritualistically
  • spiritualness
  • pseudospiritual
  • psychospiritually
  • despiritualize
  • unspiritualize
  • ultraspiritual
  • biopsychospiritual
  • spiritualizer
  • respiritualize
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