πνεῦμα
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- air
- wind
- breath
- (phonology) breathing
- life
- spirit, soul
- spiritual being: spirit, angel
- inspiration (often divine inspiration), genius
Etymology
Derived from Proto-Indo-European *pnéwmn̥.
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pnéwmn̥
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- pneumato- English
- pneumatolysis English
- amphi- Latin
- neuma Latin
- pneumaticus Latin
- pneumatique French
- πνευματικός Ancient Greek
- ψιλὸν πνεῦμα Ancient Greek
- ψῑλός Ancient Greek
- ἀμφί Ancient Greek
- *pnéwmn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- pneumatisk Norwegian Nynorsk
- οινόπνευμα Greek (modern)
- πνευματικός Greek (modern)
- πνεύμα Greek (modern)
- amphi- Translingual
- frymë Albanian
- neume Middle French
- *pnew-ma Proto-Albanian