Etymology

spiritualizer

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Today it means: Someone who spiritualizes. Full definition →

English spiritualize ← Middle English spiritual ← Old French spiritue
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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. Englishspiritualize
  11. English todayspiritualizer

From spiritualize + -er.

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