Where does “psychoneuromuscular” come from?
psychoneuromuscular (English) comes from English neuromuscular, from English muscular, from English muscle, from Middle English muscle, from Old English muscle, from Proto-Germanic *muskulā, from Latin muscula, from Latin mūsculus — mouse.
psychoneuromuscular (English): Describing the effect of the mind on neuromuscular action
Definitions
- Describing the effect of the mind on neuromuscular action
Ancestry of “psychoneuromuscular”, step by step
psychoneuromuscular traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English neuromuscular
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | neuromuscular | Pertaining to the voluntary or reflexive control... |
| 2 | English | muscular | Of, relating to, or connected with muscles;... |
| 3 | English | muscle | A contractile form of tissue which animals use to... |
| 4 | Middle English | muscle | mussel bivalve |
| 5 | Old English | muscle | mussel |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | *muskulā | — |
| 7 | Latin | muscula | Diminutive of musca |
| 8 | Latin | mūsculus | a small mouse |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | μῦς | mouse; A type of mussel; A type of whale |
| 10 | Proto-Hellenic | *mū́s | — |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-Iranian | múHs | mouse |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | múh₂s | mouse |
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... |