spiritist

See also: Spiritist

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.?

Latin spīrō

Proto-Indo-European *-tus

Proto-Italic *-tus

Latin -tus

Latin spīritusbor.

Old French espiritbor.

Middle English spirit

English spirit

Proto-Indo-European *-id-

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-idyéti

Proto-Hellenic *-íd͏̌d͏̌ō

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ζω (-ĭ́zō)

Proto-Hellenic *-tās

Ancient Greek -τής (-tḗs)

Ancient Greek -ῐστής (-ĭstḗs)bor.

Latin -istader.

Old French -istebor.

Middle English -ist

English -ist

English spiritist

From spirit + -ist.

Noun

spiritist (plural spiritists)

1. Spiritualist.
   • 1988 February 7, Ines Rieder, “Gay Murders in Brazil”, in Gay Community News, volume 15, number 29, page 1:

     People [with AIDS] who can afford it go to expensive private clinics. Those with little financial resources consult with bruxos, umbandists, spiritists, or they die at home.

2. Alternative form of Spiritist.

References

• “spiritist”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French spiritiste.

Noun

spiritist m (plural spiritiști)

1. spiritist

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	spiritist	spiritistul	spiritiști	spiritiștii
genitive-dative	spiritist	spiritistului	spiritiști	spiritiștilor
vocative	spiritistule		spiritiștilor