Etymology

psychodynamic

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to psychodynamics, the dynamic interplay between forces that govern human behavior, or the study of this Full definition →

English dynamic ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  6. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  7. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  8. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  9. Frenchdynamique
  10. Englishdynamic
  11. English todaypsychodynamic

From psycho- + dynamic.

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