Etymology

pseudospiritual

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Today it means: Apparently, but not truly, spiritual. Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient Greekψεύδω (pseúdō)
  2. Ancient Greekψευδής (pseudḗs)
  3. Middle Englishpseudo-
  4. Englishpseudo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  6. Latinspīrō
  7. Latinspīritus
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Late Latinspīrituālis
  11. Old Frenchspiritue
  12. Middle Englishspiritual
  13. Englishspiritual
  14. English todaypseudospiritual

From pseudo- + spiritual.

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