kin·es·the·siaOrigin of kinesthesia
Modern Latin from Classical Greek kinein, to move (see cite) + aisth?sis, perception: for Indo-European base see aesthetic
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noun
Origin of kinesthesia
Greek kīnein to move ; see keiə- in Indo-European roots. esthesiaRelated Forms:
adjective
adverb
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(countable and uncountable, plural kinesthesias) (abstract)
Pronunciation The traditional rules of pronunciation of Greco-Latin vocabulary prefer the I in the first syllable to be long. The more common pronunciation with short I is by analogy with other words from this root such as kinetic and kinesiology where short I is expected.
Meaning The etymological meaning of the word as used in physiology refers specifically to the motion of the body, and a distinction between kinesthesia and the sense of the position of the body is sometimes made in technical texts. In popular use the distinction is made less often.
Ancient Greek κινέω (cineō, put in motion) + αἴσθησις (aesthēsis, sensation) in form -αισθησία after anaesthesia, etc. Compare kinesthesis and Modern Greek κιναισθησία.
If this word were borrowed on fully traditional principles it would be cinesthesia (cinaesthesia); compare cinema from the same root. But more often this Greek root is spelled and pronounced with a k, and in the case of kinesthesia this avoids inconvenient homophony with synaesthesia, the sensation of one type of perception as another (e.g. the perception of smells as colors). Nevertheless the words are still occasionally confused; e.g. .
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n.
Related Forms:
adj.
adv.
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kinesthesia. (n.d.). Retrieved January 14th, 2019, from https://www.yourdictionary.com/kinesthesia
