Where does “psychologist” come from?
Psychologist comes from English psychology, formed from Latin -ista and Greek -λογία, derived from Ancient Greek λέγω meaning to speak or gather, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-.
psychologist (English): An expert in the field of psychology
Definitions
- An expert in the field of psychology
Ancestry of “psychologist”, 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... |