Etymograph

English

somatic

Somatic may come from Ancient Greek σωματικός ‘of or for the body, bodily’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσωματικός‘of or for the body, bodily’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011somatic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEσωματικός‘of or for the body, bodily’uncertain
  2. Englishearliest quotation 2011somatic

Earliest quotation: 2011, Patrick Spedding, Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy: “The somatic and botanical metaphors in this passage were…”

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- ‘to swell’

butter, tumor, tomb, tumour, truffle, tumultuous, tuff, trifle, tyrosine, tumult, tuber, turgid, tufa, madrasa, 43 more

Today it means

adj Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.

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

Etymograph / Ancient Greek σωματικός / somatic

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