The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromὁρμή“impulse”
- English todayhormic
Popularized by William McDougall (psychologist) (1871–1938), from Ancient Greek ὁρμή (hormḗ, “impulse”) + -ic.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekὁρμή all →
hormesishormogonium
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.