Analysand

/ə.ˈnæl.ə.sænd/ noun

Definition

A person who is undergoing psychoanalysis; a patient of a psychoanalyst.

Etymology

From French 'analysand,' coined in the early 1900s by combining 'analyse' with the suffix '-and' (one who is treated/acted upon), following the pattern of words like 'multiplicand'.

Kelly Says

The word 'analysand' is fascinating because it comes from a mathematical suffix—just as a multiplicand is 'a number to be multiplied,' an analysand is literally 'a person to be analyzed.'

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