Where does “psychomanipulative” come from?
psychomanipulative (English) comes from English manipulative, from English manipulate, from English manipulation, from French manipulation, from French -tion, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
psychomanipulative (English): Employing or relating to psychomanipulation
Definitions
- Employing or relating to psychomanipulation
Ancestry of “psychomanipulative”, step by step
psychomanipulative traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English manipulative
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | manipulative | Using manipulation purposefully; Tending to... |
| 2 | English | manipulate | To move, arrange or operate something using the... |
| 3 | English | manipulation | The practice of manipulating or the state of... |
| 4 | French | manipulation | manipulation |
| 5 | French | -tion | Used to indicate action, condition, result or... |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English psycho
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | psycho | Psychotic, or otherwise insane; A person who is... |
| 2 | English | psychology | The study of the human mind; The study of human... |
| 3 | French | psychologie | psychology |
| 4 | Latin | psychologia | — |
| 5 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |