Etymology

psychometabolism

Today it means: The mental control of the metabolism Full definition →

English metabolism ← Ancient Greek μετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ) ← Proto-Hellenic *gʷəlnō
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*me
  5. Proto-Indo-European*meth₂?
  6. Ancient Greekμετᾰ́ (metắ)
  7. Ancient Greekμετα- (meta-)
  8. Proto-Indo-European*gʷelH-
  9. Proto-Hellenic*gʷəlnō
  10. Ancient Greekβάλλω (bállō)
  11. Ancient Greekμεταβάλλω (metabállō)
  12. Ancient Greekμετᾰβολή (metăbolḗ)
  13. Englishmetabolism
  14. English todaypsychometabolism

From psycho- + metabolism.

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