Etymology

dispirit

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Today it means: To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten. Full definition →

English spirit ← Middle English spirit ← Old French espirit
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*trísinflu.
  3. Proto-Indo-European*d(w)is-
  4. Proto-Italic*dis-
  5. Latindis-
  6. Old Frenchdes-
  7. Latindis-
  8. Middle Englishdis-
  9. Englishdis-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  11. Latinspīrō
  12. Latinspīritu
  13. Old Frenchespirit
  14. Middle Englishspirit
  15. Englishspirit
  16. English todaydispirit

From dis- + spirit.

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