Where does “psychasthenia” come from?
psychasthenia (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...
psychasthenia (English): A psychological disorder characterized by...
Definitions
- A psychological disorder characterized by...
Ancestry of “psychasthenia”, step by step
psychasthenia traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English psych
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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... |
via English asthenia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | asthenia | Weakness; loss of strength |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἀσθένεια | weakness; sickness; moral weakness, depravity |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἀσθενής | without strength, weak; feeble, sickly; sick, ill |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | σθένος | strength, might, power |
| 5 | English | micro- | API; Very small; One millionth |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μικρο- | micro |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | μικρός | little, small |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | mēy- | soft, tender, dear |