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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

  1. psychology

Ancestry of “psychologie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinpsychologia—
2Latin-logia-logy; the study of
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “psychologie”

  • psychological
  • psychology
  • psychologist
  • psychologically
  • neuropsychological
  • neuropsychology
  • psychologic
  • neuropsychologist
  • parapsychology
  • neuropsychologic
  • metapsychology
  • sociopsychological
  • parapsychological
  • metapsychological
  • biopsychological
  • parapsychologist
  • biopsychology
  • psychologize
  • nonpsychological
  • psyops
  • neuropsychologically
  • ecopsychology
  • ethnopsychology
  • intrapsychological
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