socioemotional

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adjective

Relating to an individual's emotions and relationship to society.

OriginEnglish emotional ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.? ← Middle French emotion →
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Meanings

adjectivesocioemotional (not comparable)
  1. not comparableRelating to an individual's emotions and relationship to society.

Origin

  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. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰ
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éǵʰs
  11. Proto-Italic*eks
  12. Latinex
  13. Latinex-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)ewh₁-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*m(y)owh₁éyeti
  16. Proto-Italic*moweō
  17. Latinmoveō
  18. Latinēmoveō
  19. Vulgar Latin*exmovēre
  20. Old Frenchesmovoir
  21. Middle Frenchesmouvoir
  22. Middle Frenchemotion
  23. Englishemotion
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  26. Englishemotional
  27. Englishsocioemotional

From socio- + emotional.

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APA

socioemotional. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/socioemotional

MLA

“socioemotional.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/socioemotional. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “socioemotional,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/socioemotional.

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