psyche

psyche · noun¹

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromψυχή“soul”
2. Latin · learned borrowing frompsychē
3. English todaypsyche

Learned borrowing from Latin psychē, itself a borrowing from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”).

psyche · noun, interjection, verb²

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromψυχή“soul”
2. Latin · derived frompsychologia
3. French · derived frompsychologie
4. English todaypsyche

Shortened form of psychology, from French psychologie, from Latin psychologia, from Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul”) and -λογία (-logía, “study of”)

Psyche · proper noun³

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromψυχή
2. English todayPsyche

From Ancient Greek ψυχή (psukhḗ, literally “Soul, Spirit”).

Words from the same roots