English Explanatory Dictionary

spiritling

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small, young, or inferior spirit; a ghostling.

Word forms

spiritling spiritlings

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirit English -ling English spiritling From spirit + -ling.

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