Where does “psychologie” come from?

psychologie (French) comes from Latin psychologia, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

psychologie (French): psychology

Definitions

psychology

Ancestry of “psychologie”, step by step

psychologie traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.

via Latin psychologia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Latin	psychologia	—
2	Latin	-logia	-logy; the study of
3	Ancient Greek	-λογία	Base for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4	Ancient Greek	λόγος	That which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5	Ancient Greek	λέγω	I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6	Proto-Indo-European	leǵ-	to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

via New Latin psychologia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	New Latin	psychologia	—

via Renaissance Latin psychologia

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	Renaissance Latin	psychologia	—

Words derived from “psychologie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- →Every word from Ancient Greek -λογία →Every word from Ancient Greek λέγω →