Where does “spiritual” come from?
spiritual (Middle English) comes 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;...
Ancestry of “spiritual”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old French | spirituel | — |
| 2 | Late Latin | spiritualis | Alternative form of spīritālis; of breathing, of... |
| 3 | Latin | spīritus | air, breath, breathing |
| 4 | Latin | spīrō | to breathe, draw breath, respire |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | (s)peys- | to blow, breathe; to blow to make noise; to blow;... |
Words derived from “spiritual”
- spiritual
- spiritually
- spiritualism
- Spiritualism
- spiritualist
- spiritualistic
- unspiritual
- spiritualize
- spiritualization
- psychospiritual
- spiritualise
- nonspiritual
- superspiritual
- antispiritual
- unspiritually
- spiritualness
- spiritualistically
- pseudospiritual
- psychospiritually
- despiritualize
- unspiritualize
- ultraspiritual
- biopsychospiritual
- spiritualizer