Etymology

spiritlike

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Today it means: Resembling a spirit. Full definition →

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English spirit
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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*leyg-
  8. Proto-Germanic*līką
  9. English todayspiritlike

From spirit + -like.

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