Where does “ψυχανάλυση” come from?
ψυχανάλυση (Greek) comes from French psychanalyse, 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.
ψυχανάλυση (Greek): psychoanalysis
Ancestry of “ψυχανάλυση”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | psychanalyse | psychoanalysis; first-person singular present... |
| 2 | German | Psychoanalyse | psychoanalysis |
| 3 | German | Analyse | analysis |
| 4 | Latin | analysis | analysis |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἀνάλυσις | a loosing, releasing; a dissolving, resolution of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἀναλύω | to unloose, release, set free; I unravel,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | ἀνά | on board; on, upon |
| 8 | Proto-Hellenic | *aná | — |