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psychodynamic

Psychodynamic comes from French dynamique ‘in motion, dynamic’, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός ‘able, powerful’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’.

Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewh₂-‘to fit’reconstructed
Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dunamaireconstructed
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῠ́νᾰμαιdŭ́nămai
Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδύναμιςdúnamis‘power, might, strength’
Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδυναμικόςdunamikós‘able, powerful’
Frenchc. 1600–presentdynamique‘in motion, dynamic’
English1500–presentdynamic
Englishearliest quotation 2020psychodynamic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewh₂-‘to fit’reconstructed
Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dunamaireconstructed
Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῠ́νᾰμαιdŭ́nămai
Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδύναμιςdúnamis‘power, might, strength’
Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδυναμικόςdunamikós‘able, powerful’
Frenchc. 1600–presentdynamique‘in motion, dynamic’
English1500–presentdynamic
Englishearliest quotation 2020psychodynamic

Earliest quotation: 2020, Joseph Cesario, Your Brain Is Not an Onion With a Tiny Reptile Inside: “In the classic marshmallow studies, delaying gratification by waiting…”

A compound of psycho- + dynamic

Ancient Greek ψῡ́χω ‘to blow’

Ancient Greek ψυχή ‘soul’

English psycho-

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’

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Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι

Ancient Greek δύναμις ‘power’

Ancient Greek δυναμικός ‘powerful’

French dynamique ‘in motion, dynamic’

English dynamic