Etymology

sadospiritual

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Today it means: Of or relating to forms of religion with sadistic aspects. Full definition →

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

  1. Englishsado-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  3. Latinspīrō
  4. Latinspīritus
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  7. Late Latinspīrituālis
  8. Old Frenchspiritue
  9. Middle Englishspiritual
  10. Englishspiritual
  11. English todaysadospiritual

sado- + spiritual; coined by feminist Mary Daly.

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