Where does “psychoeducational” come from?
Psychoeducational combines psycho- with educational, which derives from education, itself from aldehyde through Ancient Greek -ᾱ and Proto-Indo-European -eh₂, ultimately from Proto-Italic eksdoukō.
psychoeducational (English): Of or pertaining to psychoeducation
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to psychoeducation
Ancestry of “psychoeducational”, step by step
psychoeducational traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English educational
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | educational | Of, or relating to education; Instructive, or... |
| 2 | English | education | The process of imparting knowledge, skill and... |
| 3 | Latin | ēducātiō | the act of breeding, rearing or bringing up |
| 4 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 5 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 6 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 7 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 8 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 9 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 10 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 11 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English psycho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | psycho | Psychotic, or otherwise insane; A person who is... |
| 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... |