Etymology

sociophysiology

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Today it means: An interdisciplinary field of research encompassing sociology and physiology Full definition →

English physiology ← French physiologie ← Latin socius
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  3. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  4. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  5. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  6. Latinsokios
  7. Latinsocius
  8. Englishsocio-
  9. Frenchphysiologie
  10. Englishphysiology
  11. English todaysociophysiology

From socio- + physiology.

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