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Where does “psychogenic” come from?

Psychogenic derives from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psychē, "soul") and -γενής (-genēs, "born from" or "produced by"), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European ǵenh₁-, meaning "to produce or give birth."

psychogenic (English): originating from or caused by state of mind;...

Definitions

  1. originating from or caused by state of mind;...

Ancestry of “psychogenic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishgenicof, relating to, produced by, or being a gene
2English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
3EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
4Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
5Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
6Spanishimagenimage
7Italianimmagineimage; imago
8Latinimāginem—
9Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
10Latinīn-—
11Latinîn—
12Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
13Proto-Italicenin
14Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “psychogenic”

  • psychogenically
  • psychogenicity
  • nonpsychogenic
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