Latin

spīritus

‘air, breath, breathing’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Latin spīritus.

43 English words in this record descend from Latin spīritus, most familiar first.

• spirit ← espirit
• spiritual ← spirituel ← spīrituālis
• spree ← esprit ← esperit
• spirituality ← spiritualité ← spīrituālitās ← spīritālis
• sprite ← esprit
• esprit ← esperit
• spiritus
• spiritism ← spirit ← spirit ← espirit
• spiritist ← spirit ← spirit ← espirit
• spiritless ← spirit ← spirit ← espirit
• spriggan ← spyrysyon ← spirit ← *spɨrɨd
• spirituous ← spīrituōsus

More words from spīritus

• spirituelle
• dispirit
• antispirituality
• despirit
• ecospirituality
• nonspirituality
• nonspirituous
• nonspirit
• panspirituality
• perispirit
• respirit
• spiritous
• spiritoso
• spirituousness
• spiritlike
• spirytus
• spiritistic
• spirituosity
• spiritally
• spiritwise
• spirithood
• spiritdom
• spiritship
• spiritish
• spiritsome
• spiriten
• spiritic
• spirity
• spiritess
• spiritize
• spirituously

Etymograph / Latin spīritus