Where does “psychotherapist” come from?
Psychotherapist comes from Ancient Greek psychē, formed from the root psychē meaning "soul" and the feminine noun-forming suffix -ē, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European -eh₂.
psychotherapist (English): Someone who practices psychotherapy
Definitions
- Someone who practices psychotherapy
Ancestry of “psychotherapist”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | therapist | Someone who provides therapy, usually... |
| 2 | English | -ist | Added to words to form nouns denoting |
| 3 | Old French | -iste | — |
| 4 | Latin | -ista | -ist; one who practises or believes |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -ιστής | Alternative form of -τής; -ist |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -τής | Appended to verbs to form agent nouns |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | -tās | — |