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...
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- Of or pertaining to psychology; Without an...
Ancestry of “psychological”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | psychology | The study of the human mind; The study of human... |
| 2 | French | psychologie | psychology |
| 3 | Latin | psychologia | — |
| 4 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | 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
- zoopsychological
- cyberpsychological
- palaeopsychological
- chronopsychological