Etymology

spiritfully

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Today it means: In a spiritful manner. Full definition →

English spiritful ← Proto-Germanic *fullaz ← Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  2. Latinspīrō
  3. Latinspīritu
  4. Old Frenchespirit
  5. Middle Englishspirit
  6. Englishspirit
  7. Proto-Indo-European*pleh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*pl̥h₁nós
  9. Proto-Germanic*fullaz
  10. Englishspiritful
  11. English todayspiritfully

From spiritful + -ly.

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