Etymology

respirit

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Today it means: Synonym of reinspirit. Full definition →

English spirit ← Middle English spirit ← Old French espirit
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The story

  1. Proto-Italic*wre-
  2. Latinre-
  3. Old Frenchre-
  4. Middle Englishre-
  5. Englishre-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  7. Latinspīrō
  8. Latinspīritu
  9. Old Frenchespirit
  10. Middle Englishspirit
  11. Englishspirit
  12. English todayrespirit

From re- + spirit.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.