The original German phrase, misinterpreted by the French & imported together with its false sense into English, meant the psychic factor, the mental effect, the influence exerted by a state of mind, & not a point of time at all, das Moment in German corresponding to our momentum, not our moment. [Fowler]
词根词缀： -psych-心灵 + -o- + -logical…学的
该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：psychological 词源，psychological 含义。