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Psychology

2 stages from Greek to English.

Today it means the scientific study of the mind and behavior
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Stage 1 of 2
psykhe
Greek · ancient
"the soul, the mind"
the soul, the mind, combined with logos (study)
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Stage 2 of 2
psychology
English · 1650s
"the scientific study of the mind and behavior"
settled as the English word for the scientific study of the mind
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