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Where does “neuropsychiatrist” come from?

neuropsychiatrist (English) comes from English psychiatrist, from English psychiatry, from French psychiatrie, from French -ie, from Middle French -ie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

neuropsychiatrist (English): A medical doctor specializing in neuropsychiatry;...

Definitions

  1. A medical doctor specializing in neuropsychiatry;...

Ancestry of “neuropsychiatrist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpsychiatristA medical doctor specializing in psychiatry
2EnglishpsychiatryThe branch of medicine that subjectively...
3Frenchpsychiatriepsychiatry
4French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
5Middle French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
6Old French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
7Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
8Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
9Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
10Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems
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