Etymology

unspirited

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Today it means: Not spirited; lacking animation or liveliness. Full definition →

English spirited ← Middle English spirit ← Old French espirit
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Indo-European*n̥-
  3. Proto-Germanic*un-
  4. Proto-West Germanic*un-
  5. Old Englishun-
  6. Middle Englishun-
  7. Englishun-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*(s)peys-der.?
  9. Latinspīrō
  10. Latinspīritu
  11. Old Frenchespirit
  12. Middle Englishspirit
  13. Englishspirited
  14. English todayunspirited

From un- + spirited.

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