shrink

(Anglais)

Fréquence

C1
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/ˈʃɹɪŋk/
Étymologie (Anglais)

In summary

From Middle English schrynken, from Old English sċrincan, from Proto-Germanic *skrinkwaną. Cognate with Dutch schrinken (“to shrink”). The sense “psychologist, psychotherapist” is a clipping of head-shrinker.

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