Etymology

biopsychospiritual

Today it means: Relating to biology, spirituality and the mind Full definition →

English psychospiritual ← Middle English spiritual ← Old French spiritue
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  6. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  7. Englishpsycho-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  9. Latinspīrō
  10. Latinspīritus
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Late Latinspīrituālis
  14. Old Frenchspiritue
  15. Middle Englishspiritual
  16. Englishspiritual
  17. Englishpsychospiritual
  18. English todaybiopsychospiritual

From bio- + psychospiritual.

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