Etymology

psilon pneuma

Today it means: Synonym of smooth breathing. Full definition →

Ancient Greek ψιλὸν πνεῦμα
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  1. Ancient Greek · learned borrowing fromψιλὸν πνεῦμα
  2. English todaypsilon pneuma

Learned borrowing from Ancient Greek ψιλὸν πνεῦμα (psilòn pneûma).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekψιλὸν πνεῦμα all →

smooth breathingspiritus lenis

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.