Where does “psicanálise” come from?
psicanálise (Portuguese) 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.
psicanálise (Portuguese): psychoanalysis
Ancestry of “psicanálise”, 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 | — |