Proto-Indo-European
*(s)peys-
‘to breathe’
Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-.
63 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-, most familiar first.
- spirit ← espirit ← spīritus ← spīrō
- spiritual ← spirituel ← spīrituālis ← spīritus ← spīrō
- conspiracy ← conspiracie ← conspiracie ← cōnspīrātiō ← cōnspīrō
- respiratory ← respīrātōrius ← respīrō ← spīrō
- spree ← esprit ← esperit ← spiritus ← spīrō
- spirituality ← spiritualité ← spīrituālitās ← spīritālis ← spīritus
- expire ← expirer ← expīrō ← spīrō ← *fīsaną
- aspire ← aspiren ← aspirer ← aspīrō ← spīrō
- aspiration ← aspīrātiō ← aspīrō ← spīrō
- sprite ← esprit ← spīritus ← spīrō
- spire ← spirer ← spīrō ← *fīsaną
- esprit ← esperit ← spiritus ← spīrō
More words from *(s)peys-
- conspire
- aspirant
- spiritus
- respire
- spiritism
- spiritist
- spirometer
- spiritless
- spiracle
- spriggan
- spirituous
- spirituelle
- spirant
- dispirit
- conspiration
- fise
- antispirituality
- despirit
- ecospirituality
- exspire
- nonspirituality
- nonspirituous
- nonspirit
- panspirituality
- perispirit
- respirit
- spiritous
- spiritoso
- spiraculum
- spirituousness
- spiritlike
- spirytus
- spiritistic
- spiroscope
- spirituosity
- spiritally
- spirable
- spiritwise
- spirithood
- spiritdom
- spiritship
- spiritish
- spiritsome
- spiriten
- spiritic
- spirity
- spiritess
- spiritize
- spirituously
- suspire
- suspirious
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-