English

Oedipal

From Oedipus + -al.

A compound of Oedipus + -al

Proto-Indo-European *h₂oydros

Ancient Greek Οἰδίπους ‘swollen foot’

Latin Oedipus

English Oedipus

Today it means

adj Of or relating to the Oedipus complex.

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