pneuma
PRONUNCIATION:
(NOO-muh, NYOO-)
MEANING:
noun: Spirit, soul.
ETYMOLOGY:
From Greek pneuma (breath, wind, spirit). Ultimately from the Indo-European root pneu- (to breathe) that is also the source of pneumatic, pneumonia, pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis, apnea, sneer, sneeze, snort, and snore.
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