Etymology

psychosocial

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Today it means: Having both psychological and social aspects. Full definition →

English social ← Middle French socia ← Latin sociāli
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekψῡχή (psūkhḗ)
  2. Ancient Greekψῡχο- (psūkho-)
  3. Englishpsycho-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  6. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  7. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  8. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  9. Latinsokios
  10. Latinsocius
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Latinsociāli
  14. Middle Frenchsocia
  15. Englishsocial
  16. English todaypsychosocial

From psycho- + social.

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