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Where does “psychological” come from?

Psychological derives from English psychology plus the suffix -ic, from French -ique and Ancient Greek λέγω meaning "to speak," with the adjectival suffix from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

psychological (English): Of or pertaining to psychology; Without an...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to psychology; Without an...

Ancestry of “psychological”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpsychologyThe study of the human mind; The study of human...
2Frenchpsychologiepsychology
3Latinpsychologia—
4Latin-logia-logy; the study of
5Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “psychological”

  • psychologically
  • neuropsychological
  • sociopsychological
  • parapsychological
  • metapsychological
  • biopsychological
  • nonpsychological
  • psyops
  • neuropsychologically
  • intrapsychological
  • unpsychological
  • ethnopsychological
  • antipsychological
  • autopsychological
  • ecopsychological
  • sociopsychologically
  • pseudopsychological
  • protopsychological
  • parapsychologically
  • pathopsychological
  • cyberpsychological
  • zoopsychological
  • chronopsychological
  • paedopsychological
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