Etymology

nonspiritual

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Today it means: Not spiritual Full definition →

English spiritual ← Middle English spiritual ← Old French spiritue
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  15. Latinspīrō
  16. Latinspīritus
  17. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  19. Late Latinspīrituālis
  20. Old Frenchspiritue
  21. Middle Englishspiritual
  22. Englishspiritual
  23. English todaynonspiritual

From non- + spiritual.

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