Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nonspiritual

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
non-spir-i-tu-al
IPA
14
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Not spiritual

Etymology

Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual English nonspiritual From non- + spiritual.

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Questions

What does nonspiritual mean?
Not spiritual
Where does nonspiritual come from?
Etymology tree English non- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Proto-Indo-European *h₂el- Proto-Indo-European *-is Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? Proto-Italic *-ālis Latin -ālis Late Latin spīrituālisder. Old French spirituelbor. Middle English spiritual English spiritual English nonspiritual From non- + spiritual.

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