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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

  1. Of or pertaining to psychoeducation

Ancestry of “psychoeducational”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglisheducationalOf, or relating to education; Instructive, or...
2EnglisheducationThe process of imparting knowledge, skill and...
3Latinēducātiō—
4Latin-tiō—
5Latindissertātiō—
6Latindissertusarranged, disposed; explained
7Latindissereresecond-person singular future passive indicative...
8Latindis-asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;...
9Latincalceusshoe
10Latincalxlimestone; chalk; the finish line
11Ancient Greekχάλιξsmall stone, pebble; gravel, rubble
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