The word ''psychology'' literally means, "study of the [[soul]]" (''psychē'', meaning "breath", "spirit", or "soul"); and "-λογία" ([[wikt:-logia|''-logia'']], translated as "study of" or "research"{{failed verification|date=November 2010}}).<ref name="OED">Online Etymology Dictionary. (2001). [http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=psychology "Psychology"].</ref> The Latin word ''psychologia'' was first used by the [[Croatia]]n [[humanism|humanist]] and [[Croatian latinistic literature|Latinist]] [[Marko Marulić]] in his book, ''Psichiologia de ratione animae humanae'' in the late 15th century or early 16th century.<ref>[http://psychclassics.yorku.ca/Krstic/marulic.htm Classics in the History of Psychology - Marko Marulic -- The Author of the Term "Psychology"]</ref> The earliest known reference to the word ''psychology'' in English was by [[Steven Blankaart]] in 1693 in ''The Physical Dictionary'' which refers to "Anatomy, which treats of the Body, and Psychology, which treats of the Soul."<ref name="OED Psychology">(Steven Blankaart, p. 13) as quoted in "psychology n." A Dictionary of Psychology. Edited by Andrew M. Colman. Oxford University Press 2009. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press.[http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t87.e6827]</ref>