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spiritus

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.35 in modern English

Syllables
spir-i-tus
IPA
10
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A breathing.

noun

An aspirate.

noun

Any spirituous preparation.

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritusbor. English spiritus Borrowed from Latin spīritus. Doublet of spirit, spirytus, sprite, spright, and esprit.

Inflected Forms

spirituses (plural)

Phrases

spiritus asper spiritus fumans spiritus lenis spiritus mundi spiritus rector

Frequently Paired Words

spiritus asper spiritus fumans spiritus lenis spiritus mundi spiritus rector

Questions

What does spiritus mean?
A breathing.
Where does spiritus come from?
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritusbor. English spiritus Borrowed from Latin spīritus. Doublet of spirit, spirytus, sprite, spright, and esprit.

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