Where does “outpsych” come from?
outpsych (English) comes from English psych, from English psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
outpsych (English): To overcome or intimidate by psychological means
Definitions
- To overcome or intimidate by psychological means
Ancestry of “outpsych”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | psych | Psychology or psychiatry; A psychologist; a... |
| 2 | English | psychology | The study of the human mind; The study of human... |
| 3 | French | psychologie | psychology |
| 4 | Latin | psychologia | — |
| 5 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |