Etymology

aspirituality

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Today it means: The quality of being aspiritual. Full definition →

English aspiritual ← 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. Latinspīritālis
  12. Late Latinspīrituālitās
  13. Middle Frenchspiritualité
  14. Englishspirituality
  15. Englisha-
  16. Late Latinspīrituālis
  17. Old Frenchspiritue
  18. Middle Englishspiritual
  19. Englishspiritual
  20. Englishaspiritual
  21. English todayaspirituality

From a- + spirituality, or from aspiritual + -ity.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.