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Where does “somatic” come from?

Somatic comes from French somatique, from Ancient Greek σωματικός, derived from σῶμα meaning body, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European tewh₂-.

somatic (English): Part of, or relating to the body of an organism;...

Definitions

  1. Part of, or relating to the body of an organism;...

Ancestry of “somatic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchsomatiquesomatic
2Ancient Greekσωματικόςbodily
3Ancient Greek-τικόςrelating to, suited to, skilled in, able to,...
4Ancient Greek-σιςAdded to verb stems to form abstract nouns or...
5Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots

Words derived from “somatic”

  • psychosomatic
  • somatically
  • viscerosomatic
  • exosomatic
  • extrasomatic
  • psychosomatically
  • axosomatic
  • gonadosomatic
  • nonsomatic
  • somaticize
  • hepatosomatic
  • endosomatic
  • polysomatic
  • neurosomatic
  • intrasomatic
  • psychosomaticist
  • nonpsychosomatic
  • psychosomatician
  • cephalosomatic
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