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Where does “neurosemantics” come from?

neurosemantics (English) comes from English semantics, from French sémantique, from Ancient Greek σημαντικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

neurosemantics (English): A branch of neuro-linguistic programming that...

Definitions

  1. A branch of neuro-linguistic programming that...

Ancestry of “neurosemantics”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishsemanticsA branch of linguistics studying the meaning of...
2Frenchsémantiquesemantic; semantics
3Ancient Greekσημαντικόςsignificant, giving signs
4Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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