Medicine & BodyGreek → English
Psychology
/saɪˈkɒlədʒi/
The scientific study of the mind and behaviour.
The Greek roots
ψυχή
psychḗ
soul, breath, mind
λογία
-logía
study of
Literally: “the study of the soul”
The story of the word
Psychḗ once meant the breath of life itself. Today it names the discipline that studies mind and behaviour.
In a sentence
Her psychology degree drew on decades of Greek terminology.