Etymology

psychomechanics

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Today it means: mechanical psychophysics Full definition →

English mechanics ← Latin mēchanicus ← Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  5. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  6. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  7. Latinmēchanicus
  8. Englishmechanics
  9. English todaypsychomechanics

From psycho- + mechanics.

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