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Where does “psychanalyse” come from?

psychanalyse (French) comes from German Psychoanalyse, from German Analyse, from Latin analysis, from Ancient Greek ἀνάλυσις, from Ancient Greek ἀναλύω, from Ancient Greek ἀνά, from Proto-Hellenic *aná.

psychanalyse (French): psychoanalysis; first-person singular present...

Definitions

  1. psychoanalysis; first-person singular present...

Ancestry of “psychanalyse”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1GermanPsychoanalysepsychoanalysis
2GermanAnalyseanalysis
3Latinanalysisanalysis
4Ancient Greekἀνάλυσιςa loosing, releasing; a dissolving, resolution of...
5Ancient Greekἀναλύωto unloose, release, set free; I unravel,...
6Ancient Greekἀνάon board; on, upon
7Proto-Hellenic*aná—

Words derived from “psychanalyse”

  • psicanálise
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