Traumatized
/ˈtrɔː.mə.taɪzd/noun
Affected by severe emotional or psychological distress after a frightening or harmful experience.
Did you know?Trauma comes from Greek trauma, meaning “wound,” so the modern psychological term began as a body injury before becoming a name for invisible scars.
Etymological Timeline
Ancient Greek
Greek
τραῦμα (traûma)
“a wound, a bodily injury”
Late Greek
Greek
τραυματίζω (traumatízō)
“to wound, injure”
19th Century
German
Trauma
“a physical injury or wound; later, a psychological shock”
19th Century
English
trauma
“a wound or bodily injury; later, a severe emotional shock”
20th Century
English
traumatized
“affected by trauma; psychologically injured or distressed”