Somatic
/soʊˈmætɪk/noun
Relating to the body, especially as distinct from the mind or spirit.
Did you know?Somatic comes from Greek sōmatikos, and its root sōma was so central to ancient thought that it also fed words for bodily disease, anatomy, and the body-soul divide in later philosophy.
Etymological Timeline
Proto-Indo-European
PIE
*tḱom- / *ḱem-
“A proposed ancestral root related to covering or body?”
Ancient Greek
Greek
sōma
“body”
Ancient Greek
Greek
sōmatikos
“of or pertaining to the body”
Late Latin
Latin
somaticus
“bodily, corporeal”
Middle French
French
somatique
“bodily, physical”
Modern English
English
somatic
“relating to the body”
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