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Where does “Psyche” come from?

Psyche comes from Ancient Greek ψυχή, derived from the feminine suffix Ancient Greek -η and Ancient Greek -ᾱ, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂.

Ancestry of “Psyche”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpsychologyThe study of the human mind; The study of human...
2Frenchpsychologiepsychology
3Latinpsychologia—
4Latin-logia-logy; the study of
5Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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