myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of spirito

Etymology of the Italian word spirito

the Italian word spirito

derived from the Latin word spiritus (breath, breathing, air)

derived from the Medieval Latin word spirare (breathe; blow; live)

Dutch spiritus, English esprit, English spirit, French esprit, German Esprit, German Spiritus, Lithuanian spiritas, Norwegian esprit, Norwegian sprit, Polish spirytus, Portuguese espirito, Provençal esperit, Russian спpит, Spanish espiritu, Swedish espri, Swedish sprit