Etymology

psychopharmacological

Today it means: Of or pertaining to psychopharmacology, the interactions between pharmaceuticals and the brain Full definition →

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← English psychopharmacology ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)
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  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Ancient Greekφάρμᾰκον (phármăkon)
  5. Englishpharmaco-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  9. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  10. Englishpharmacology
  11. Englishpsychopharmacology
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  14. English todaypsychopharmacological

From psychopharmacology + -ical.

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