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Greek
Etymology
Learned borrowing from French psychothérapie[1] or German Psychotherapie[2] first attested in 1893. Morphologically, ψυχο- (psycho-, “psyxho- (soul)”) + θεραπεία (therapeía, “treatment”). F
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /psi.xo.θe.ɾaˈpi.a/
- with article, feminine singular accusative την (tin): IPA(key): /tim‿bzi.xo.θe.ɾaˈpi.a/
- Hyphenation: ψυ‧χο‧θε‧ρα‧πεί‧α
Noun
ψυχοθεραπεία • (psychotherapeía) f (plural ψυχοθεραπείες)
- (psychology) psychotherapy
Declension
- and see: ψυχή f (psychí, “soul”) & θεραπεύω (therapévo, “I heal”)
References
- ^ s.v. "ψυχή" - ψυχοθεραπεία - Babiniotis, Georgios (2010) Ετυμολογικό λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας Etymologikó lexikó tis néas ellinikís glóssas [Etymological Dictionary of Modern Greek language] (in Greek), Athens: Lexicology Centre
- ^ ψυχοθεραπεία, in Λεξικό της κοινής νεοελληνικής , Triantafyllidis Foundation, 1998 at the Centre for the Greek language
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