Etymology

neuroemotional

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Today it means: Of or relating to a pseudoscientific technique for treating stress, according to which muscular responses from the body are taken to indicate emotional issues. Full definition →

English emotional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French emotion
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
  3. Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
  4. Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
  5. Englishneuro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  8. Proto-Italic*eks
  9. Latinex
  10. Latinex-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  13. Proto-Italic*moweō
  14. Latinmoveō
  15. Latinēmoveō
  16. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  17. Old Frenchesmovoir
  18. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  19. Middle Frenchemotion
  20. Englishemotion
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  23. Englishemotional
  24. English todayneuroemotional

From neuro- + emotional.

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