Etymology

spirituelle

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Today it means: Showing great grace and delicacy. Full definition →

French spirituelle ← Late Latin spīrituāli ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  2. Latinspīrō
  3. Latinspīritus
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  6. Late Latinspīrituāli
  7. Frenchspirituelle
  8. English todayspirituelle

Borrowed from French spirituelle.

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