Etymology

respiritualize

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Today it means: To spiritualize again. Full definition →

English spiritualize ← Middle English spiritual ← Old French spiritue
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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. Latinspīritus
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  11. Late Latinspīrituālis
  12. Old Frenchspiritue
  13. Middle Englishspiritual
  14. Englishspiritual
  15. Englishspiritualize
  16. English todayrespiritualize

From re- + spiritualize.

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