Where does “psychobabbly” come from?
psychobabbly (English) comes from English psychobabble, from English psycho, 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...
psychobabbly (English): Resembling or characteristic of psychobabble
Definitions
- Resembling or characteristic of psychobabble
Ancestry of “psychobabbly”, step by step
psychobabbly traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English psychobabble
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | psychobabble | The jargon of psychology and psychoanalysis,... |
| 2 | English | psycho | Psychotic, or otherwise insane; A person who is... |
| 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... |
via English Y
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Y | A figure or mark in the shape of the letter Y; A... |
| 2 | English | yuri | A narrative or visual work featuring a romance or... |
| 3 | Japanese | 百合 | lily |
| 4 | Japanese | 連用形 | an inflectional category: the continuative or... |
| 5 | Japanese | 見る | to see, to watch, to observe, to look at... |
| 6 | Japanese | 夢 | a dream; a vision; leaving reality to the state... |
| 7 | Old Japanese | 夢 | a dream |
| 8 | Japanese | 目 | an order in biology: smaller than a class, bigger... |
| 9 | Middle Chinese | 目 | — |