Etymology

psycholinguistic

Today it means: Pertaining to psycholinguistics. Full definition →

English linguistic ← German linguistisch ← Latin lingua
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  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*dn̥ǵʰwéh₂s
  5. Proto-Italic*dn̥ɣwā
  6. Latindingua
  7. Latinlingua
  8. GermanLinguist
  9. GermanLinguistik
  10. Germanlinguistisch
  11. Englishlinguistic
  12. English todaypsycholinguistic

From psycho- + linguistic.

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