Etymology

despiritualize

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Today it means: To remove the spiritual element from. Full definition →

English spiritualize ← Middle English spiritual ← Old French spiritue
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*de
  2. Proto-Indo-European*déh₁
  3. Proto-Italic*dē
  4. Latindē
  5. Latindē-
  6. Englishde-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  8. Latinspīrō
  9. Latinspīritus
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Late Latinspīrituālis
  13. Old Frenchspiritue
  14. Middle Englishspiritual
  15. Englishspiritual
  16. Englishspiritualize
  17. English todaydespiritualize

From de- + spiritualize.

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