The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromδασὺ πνεῦμα
- Latin · borrowed fromspīritus asper
- English todayspiritus asper
Unadapted borrowing from Latin spīritus asper, from Ancient Greek δασὺ πνεῦμα (dasù pneûma).
Words from the same roots
Latinspīritus asper all →
Ancient Greekδασὺ πνεῦμα all →
dasy pneumarough breathing
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.