Etymology

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Ancient Greek πνεῦμα
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromπνεῦμα“wind, breath, spirit”
  2. English todaypneuma

From Ancient Greek πνεῦμα (pneûma, “wind, breath, spirit”), from πνέω (pnéō, “I blow, breathe”). Doublet of neume.

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