Etymology

aspiritual

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Today it means: Not spiritual. Full definition →

English spiritual ← Middle English spiritual ← Old French spiritue
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*ə-
  4. Ancient Greekἀ- (a-)
  5. Englisha-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  7. Latinspīrō
  8. Latinspīritus
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Late Latinspīrituālis
  12. Old Frenchspiritue
  13. Middle Englishspiritual
  14. Englishspiritual
  15. English todayaspiritual

From a- + spiritual.

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