Etymology

religiospiritual

Today it means: Both religious and spiritual. Full definition →

English spiritual ← Middle English spiritual ← Old French spiritue
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  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*léǵeti
  5. Proto-Italic*legō
  6. Latinlegō
  7. Latinrelegō
  8. Latinre-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*leyǵ-
  10. Latinligō
  11. Latinreligō
  12. Latinreligiō
  13. Old Frenchreligion
  14. Middle Englishreligioun
  15. Englishreligionclip.
  16. Englishreligio-
  17. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  18. Latinspīrō
  19. Latinspīritus
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  22. Late Latinspīrituālis
  23. Old Frenchspiritue
  24. Middle Englishspiritual
  25. Englishspiritual
  26. English todayreligiospiritual

From religio- + spiritual.

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