Where does “metempsychosis” come from?
metempsychosis (Late Latin) comes from Ancient Greek μετεμψύχωσις, from Ancient Greek ἐμψυχόω, from Ancient Greek -όω, from Proto-Indo-European -oyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
Ancestry of “metempsychosis”, step by step
metempsychosis traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Ancient Greek μετεμψύχωσις
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | μετεμψύχωσις | soul transmigration, metempsychosis |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἐμψυχόω | to animate |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -όω | Added to a noun or adjective to make a verb with... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -oyéti | Creates factitive verbs from adjectives |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Koine Greek μετεμψύχωσις
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Koine Greek | μετεμψύχωσις | soul transmigration, metempsychosis |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | μετεμψυχόομαι | of a soul, to pass from one body to another |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | μετα- | concerning community or participation; in the... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | μετά | in the midst of, among, between, with; in common,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | meth₂ | with |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | mé | in the middle of, near, by, around, with |