Etymology

lethologica

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Today it means: The inability to remember the correct word. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λήθη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromλήθη“forgetfulness”
  2. English todaylethologica

From Ancient Greek λήθη (lḗthē, “forgetfulness”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”), early 20th c. Popularly attributed to Carl Jung.

Words from the same roots

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