Etymology

spiritlessly

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

English spiritless ← Proto-Germanic *lausaz ← Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  2. Latinspīrō
  3. Latinspīritu
  4. Old Frenchespirit
  5. Middle Englishspirit
  6. Englishspirit
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lewh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*lewHs-
  9. Proto-Germanic*leusaną
  10. Proto-Germanic*lausaz
  11. Englishspiritless
  12. English todayspiritlessly

From spiritless + -ly.

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