Etymology

psychospiritual

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to the relationship between spirituality and the mind. Full definition →

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

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  5. Latinspīrō
  6. Latinspīritus
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  9. Late Latinspīrituālis
  10. Old Frenchspiritue
  11. Middle Englishspiritual
  12. Englishspiritual
  13. English todaypsychospiritual

From psycho- + spiritual.

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