Where does “psychopaat” come from?

psychopaat (Dutch) comes from French psychopathe, from French psychopathie, from French psycho-, from Ancient Greek Ψυχή, from Ancient Greek δῆλος, from Proto-Indo-European dyew- — to be bright; sky, heaven.

psychopaat (Dutch): psychopath

Definitions

  1. psychopath

Ancestry of “psychopaat”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpsychopathepsychopath
2Frenchpsychopathiepsychopathy
3Frenchpsycho-psycho
4Ancient GreekΨυχήPsyche
5Ancient Greekδῆλοςvisible; conspicuous; manifest
6Proto-Indo-Europeandyew-to be bright; sky, heaven

Words derived from “psychopaat

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew-