Etymology

spiritualistically

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

Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg- ← English spiritualistic
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  2. Latinspīrō
  3. Latinspīritus
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  6. Late Latinspīrituālis
  7. Old Frenchspiritue
  8. Middle Englishspiritual
  9. Englishspiritual
  10. Englishspiritualistic
  11. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  12. Proto-Germanic*līką
  13. English todayspiritualistically

From spiritualistic + -ally.

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