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Where does “pharmacopsychosis” come from?

pharmacopsychosis (English) comes from English psychosis, from Ancient Greek ψύχωσις, from Ancient Greek -ωσις, from Ancient Greek -σῐς, from Ancient Greek -τις, from Proto-Indo-European -tis — Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots.

pharmacopsychosis (English): drug addiction

Definitions

  1. drug addiction

Ancestry of “pharmacopsychosis”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishpsychosisA severe mental disorder, sometimes with physical...
2Ancient Greekψύχωσιςanimation, principle of life
3Ancient Greek-ωσιςabnormal condition or state; state, abnormal...
4Ancient Greek-σῐς"suffix forming nouns"
5Ancient Greek-τιςEarlier form of -σις , retained after dentals δ,...
6Proto-Indo-European-tisDerives abstract/action nouns from verb roots
Every word from Proto-Indo-European -tis →