Etymology of 'eidetic'
"pertaining to the faculty of projecting images," 1924, from GermanĀ eidetisch, coined by German psychologist Erich Jaensch, from GreekĀ eidetikosĀ "pertaining to images," also "pertaining to knowledge," fromĀ eidesisĀ "knowledge," fromĀ eidosĀ "form, shape" (seeĀ -oid).














