Etymology

perispritic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the perispirit. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-
  2. Ancient Greekπερῐ́ (perĭ́)
  3. Englishperi-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  5. Latinspīrō
  6. Latinspīritu
  7. Old Frenchespirit
  8. Middle Englishspirit
  9. Englishspirit
  10. Englishperispirit
  11. English todayperispritic

From perispirit + -ic.

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