Where does “metapsychologically” come from?
metapsychologically (English) comes from English metapsychological, from English psychological, from English psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
metapsychologically (English): In terms of or by means of metapsychology
Definitions
- In terms of or by means of metapsychology
Ancestry of “metapsychologically”, step by step
metapsychologically traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English metapsychological
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | metapsychological | Relating to metapsychology |
| 2 | English | psychological | Of or pertaining to psychology; Without an... |
| 3 | English | psychology | The study of the human mind; The study of human... |
| 4 | French | psychologie | psychology |
| 5 | Latin | psychologia | — |
| 6 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |