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psychiatry (n.)[psychiatry 词源字典]: 1846, from French psychiatrie, from Medieval Latin psychiatria, literally "a healing of the soul," from Latinized form of Greek psykhe- "mind" (see psyche) + iatreia "healing, care" (see -iatric).[psychiatry etymology, psychiatry origin, 英语词源]
psychic (adj.): 1872, "of or pertaining to the human soul" (earlier psychical, 1640s), from Greek psykhikos "of the soul, spirit, or mind" (opposed to somatikos), also (New Testament) "concerned with the life only, animal, natural," from psykhe "soul, mind, life" (see psyche). Meaning "characterized by psychic gifts" first recorded 1871.
psychic (n.): "a medium;" 1870; see psychic (adj.).
psycho (adj.): 1927, shortening of psychological; 1936 (Raymond Chandler) as shortening of psychopathic (adj.).
psycho (n.): 1925, short for psychologist; as short for psychopath from 1942.
psycho-: word-forming element meaning "mind, mental; spirit, unconscious," from Greek psykho-, combining form of psykhe (see psyche). It also was used to form compounds in Greek, such as psychapates "soul-beguiling" (with apate "deceit").
psycho-history (n.): 1934, from psycho- + history.
psychoactive (adj.): also psycho-active, 1959, from psycho- + active.
psychoanalysis (n.): 1906, from Psychoanalyse, coined 1896 in French by Freud from Latinized form of Greek psykhe- "mental" (see psyche) + German Analyse, from Greek analysis (see analysis). Freud earlier used psychische analyse (1894).
psychoanalyst (n.): also psycho-analyst, 1910; see psycho- + analyst.
psychoanalytic (adj.): 1902, from psychoanalysis + -ic.
psychoanalyze (v.): also psycho-analyse, psychoanalyse, 1911; see psycho- + analyze. Related: Psychoanalyzed; psychoanalyzing. Earlier was psychologize (1830).
psychobabble (n.): 1976, from psycho- (representing psychology) + babble (n.). Earlier was psychologese (1961).
psychodrama (n.): also psycho-drama, 1937 (in writing of U.S. psychiatrist Jacob L. Moreno (1889-1974)), from psycho- + drama. Related: Psychodramatic.
psychodynamic (adj.): also psycho-dynamic, 1856, from psycho- + dynamic (adj.).
psychogenesis (n.): also psycho-genesis, 1838, "origin of the soul or mind," from psycho- + -genesis "birth, origin, creation." Related: Psychogenetic; psychogenetical.
psychogenic (adj.): 1884, from psycho- + -genic.
psychographic (adj.): also psycho-graphic, 1856, from psychograph "supernatural photographic image," from psycho- + -graph. Related: Psychographics.
psychography (n.): 1883, "history of an individual soul; the natural history of the phenomenon of mind," from psycho- + -graphy. Meaning "spirit-writing" is from 1876.
psychokinesis (n.): 1914 [Henry Holt, "On the Cosmic Relations"], from psycho- + kinesis. Related: Psychokinetic (1904).