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Where does “psychonic” come from?

psychonic (English) comes from English psychon, from English psycho, from English psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

psychonic (English): Of or relating to psychons

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to psychons

Ancestry of “psychonic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpsychonA hypothetical particle of consciousness
2EnglishpsychoPsychotic, or otherwise insane; A person who is...
3EnglishpsychologyThe study of the human mind; The study of human...
4Frenchpsychologiepsychology
5Latinpsychologia—
6Latin-logia-logy; the study of
7Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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