The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromψιλὸν πνεῦμα
- Latin · learned borrowing fromspīritus lēnis
- English todayspiritus lenis
Learned borrowing from Latin spīritus lēnis, from Ancient Greek ψιλὸν πνεῦμα (psilòn pneûma).
Words from the same roots
Latinspīritus lēnis all →
Ancient Greekψιλὸν πνεῦμα all →
psilon pneumasmooth breathing
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.