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- Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
- Latinspīrō
- Latinspīritus
- English todayspiritus
Borrowed from Latin spīritus. Doublet of spirit, spirytus, sprite, spright, and esprit.
Words from the same roots
Latinspīritus all →
spiritspiritualspritesprightly
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.