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Where does the word "psychology" come from? It comes from Greek psykhe, and was adopted directly into English (1650s).
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Where does the word "psychology" come from? It comes from Greek psykhe, and was adopted directly into English (1650s).
Psychology’s story begins in Greek: psykhe meant “the soul, the mind.” The soul, the mind, combined with logos (study). It reached English by 1650s as psychology. Settled as the English word for the scientific study of the mind. Today, psychology means the scientific study of the mind and behavior.
- Stage 1 · Greek · ancient psykhe "the soul, the mind", the soul, the mind, combined with logos (study).
- Stage 2 · English · 1650s psychology "the scientific study of the mind and behavior", settled as the English word for the scientific study of the mind.