The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromσώφρων“sane, moderate, prudent”
- English todaysophron
From Ancient Greek σώφρων (sṓphrōn, “sane, moderate, prudent”) (from σῶς (sôs, “safe, sound, whole”) + φρήν (phrḗn, “mind”)).
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekσώφρων all →
sophrologysophronize
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.