Etymograph

English

self-reflection

From self- + reflection.

Formed from self- + reflection

Proto-Indo-European *selbʰ-

Proto-Germanic *selbaz ‘self’

Proto-Germanic *selba-

English self-

Latin flectō ‘to turn or curl’

Latin reflectō ‘to turn back or away’

Late Latin reflexiō ‘turning away or back’

Middle French reflection

Middle English refleccion

English reflection

Today it means

noun The act of self-reflecting.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / self-reflection