Etymology

ecospiritual

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Today it means: Relating to a spiritual connection to the natural environment. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wóyḱos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*wóikos
  4. Ancient Greekϝοῖκος (woîkos)
  5. Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
  6. Latinoeco-
  7. Frenchéco-
  8. Englisheco-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  10. Latinspīrō
  11. Latinspīritus
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. Late Latinspīrituālis
  15. Old Frenchspiritue
  16. Middle Englishspiritual
  17. Englishspiritual
  18. English todayecospiritual

From eco- + spiritual.

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