The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromλέξις“speech”
- English todayalexithymic
From a- + Ancient Greek λέξις (léxis, “speech”) + θυμός (thumós, “soul”) + -ic.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekλέξις all →
lexicallexislexemelecticallexi-
First known use, by meaning
- from 20th c. Pertaining to or having alexithymia.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.