somatic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- [səˈmæɾɪk] (General-American)
- /səˈmætɪk/ (General-American)
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *tewh₂- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *twoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *twṓmə? Proto-Indo-European *styeH- Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *(s)tyoH-mn̥ Proto-Hellenic *styṓmə? Ancient Greek σῶμα (sôma) Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Hellenic *-tis Ancient Greek -τῐς (-tĭs) Ancient Greek -σῐς (-sĭs) Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Hellenic *-kos Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Hellenic *-tós Ancient Greek -τος (-tos) ▲ Ancient Greek -κός (-kós) ? Ancient Greek -τικός (-tikós) Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós)der. English somatic From Ancient Greek σωματικός (sōmatikós, “bodily”), σῶμα (sôma, “body”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Part of, or relating to the body of an organism.
The somatic and botanical metaphors in this passage were commonplace in the 1700s.
2011, Patrick Spedding, James Lambert, “Fanny Hill, Lord Fanny, and the Myth of Metonymy”, in Studies in Philology, volume 108, number 1, page 116:
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(not-comparable) Pertaining, and restricted, to an individual; not inheritable.
a somatic epitype
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(not-comparable) Of or relating to the wall of the body; somatopleuric; parietal.
the somatic stalk of the yolk sac of an embryo
Deriveds
somesthesis · orthosomatic · liposomatic · neurosomatic · splenosomatic · intersomatic · leptosomatic · somaticize · gonadosomatic · endosomatic · viscerosomatic · somatic sensory cortex · organosomatic · intestosomatic · somaesthetics · tubulosomatic · axosomatic · telesomatic · somatically · extra-somatic · somatic symptom disorder · somatic cell · cephalosomatic · extrasomatic · somatize · somaticism · somatical · psychosomatic · somatic nervous system · sociosomatic · nonsomatic · monosomatic · dendrosomatic · intrasomatic · polysomatic · metasomatite · normosomatic · hepatosomatic · exosomatic · dendritosomatic
Relateds
Translations (14)
cs somatický (relating to the body of an organism) · ar جَسَدِيّ (relating to the body of an organism) · fr somatique (relating to the body of an organism) · nl somatisch (relating to the body of an organism) · ca somàtic (relating to the body of an organism) · sv somatisk (relating to the body of an organism) · nn somatisk (relating to the body of an organism) · fi somaattinen (relating to the body of an organism) · es somático (relating to the body of an organism) · nb somatisk (relating to the body of an organism) · it somatico (relating to the body of an organism) · da somatisk (relating to the body of an organism) · bg телесен (relating to the body of an organism) · de somatisch (relating to the body of an organism)