Etymology

unspiritually

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Today it means: In an unspiritual manner. Full definition →

English unspiritual ← Middle English spiritual ← Old French spiritue
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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. Latinspīritus
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Late Latinspīrituālis
  14. Old Frenchspiritue
  15. Middle Englishspiritual
  16. Englishspiritual
  17. Englishunspiritual
  18. English todayunspiritually

From unspiritual + -ly.

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