Where does “echokinesis” come from?
echokinesis (English) comes from English -kinesis, from Ancient Greek κίνησις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.
echokinesis (English): the compulsion or the act of imitating movements...
Definitions
- the compulsion or the act of imitating movements...
Ancestry of “echokinesis”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -kinesis | movement, motion |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κίνησις | motion; dance; political movement, revolt |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τις | Earlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |