Where does “психология” come from?
психология (Bulgarian) comes from Russian психоло́гия, from Latin psychologia, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
психология (Bulgarian): psychology field of study of the mind
Definitions
- psychology field of study of the mind
Ancestry of “психология”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | психоло́гия | psychology |
| 2 | Latin | psychologia | — |
| 3 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |