Where does “psychiatrie” come from?

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

psychiatrie (French): psychiatry

Definitions

  1. psychiatry

Ancestry of “psychiatrie”, step by step

psychiatrie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via French psychiatre

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

via Medieval Latin psychiatria

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Medieval Latinpsychiatria—

Words derived from “psychiatrie”

Every word from Proto-Indo-European dyew- →Every word from Ancient Greek δῆλος →Every word from Ancient Greek Ψυχή →