Etymology

ultraspiritualism

Today it means: The quality of being ultraspiritual. Full definition →

English ultraspiritual ← Middle English spiritual ← Old French spiritue
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  2. Latinūls
  3. Latinultrā
  4. Englishultra-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  6. Latinspīrō
  7. Latinspīritus
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  10. Late Latinspīrituālis
  11. Old Frenchspiritue
  12. Middle Englishspiritual
  13. Englishspiritual
  14. Englishspiritualism
  15. Englishultra-
  16. Englishspiritual
  17. Englishultraspiritual
  18. English todayultraspiritualism

From ultra- + spiritualism, or from ultraspiritual + -ism.

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