Etymology

psychogony

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Today it means: The study of the origins and development of the soul or mind. Full definition →

Middle French psychogonie ← Late Latin psychogonia ← Koine Greek ψυχογονία
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  1. Koine Greek · derived fromψυχογονία
  2. Late Latin · derived frompsychogonia
  3. Middle French · borrowed frompsychogonie
  4. English todaypsychogony

Borrowed from Middle French psychogonie, from Late Latin psychogonia, from Koine Greek ψυχογονία (psukhogonía), from ψυχή (psukhḗ, “soul, mind”) + γόνος (gónos, “descent”). By surface analysis, psycho- + -gony.

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