"psychology" in seven languages
Meaningpsychology
Spanish
psicología
/psikoloˈxia/
fem.learned
The p is often silent in speech, and the spelling sicología is also accepted.
French
psychologie
/psikɔlɔʒi/
fem.learned
Italian
psicologia
/psikoloˈdʒia/
fem.learned
la psicologia; masculine ps- nouns take lo: lo psicologo.
Portuguese
psicologia
/psikoloˈʒiɐ/
fem.learned
Romanian
psihologie
/psiholoˈdʒie/
fem.learned
Catalan
psicologia
/psikuluˈʒiə/
fem.learned
English
psychology
/saɪˈkɑlədʒi/
from Latin/French · Modern Latin psychologia, from Greek
English → ItalianpsychologypsicologiaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share
The Latin ancestor
PSYCHOLOGIAM (Modern Latin)‘study of the soul (Greek psykhḗ + -logía)’
All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.
The story
A Renaissance coinage from Greek psykhḗ 'breath, soul'. Only English and French keep the Greek ch and y; Spanish and Italian spell it as they say it.
English relatives: psyche, psychic, psychiatry
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In a sentence
- esEstudia psicología en la universidad.
- frElle étudie la psychologie à l'université.
- itStudia psicologia all'università.
- ptEla estuda psicologia na universidade.
- roStudiază psihologia la universitate.
- caEstudia psicologia a la universitat.
- enShe studies psychology at university.
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