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Where does “psychiatrique” come from?

psychiatrique (French) comes from French psychiatrie, from French -ie, from Middle French -ie, from Old French -ie, from Latin -ia, from Latin -ius, from Proto-Italic -jōs, from Proto-Indo-European -yós — Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems.

psychiatrique (French): psychiatric

Definitions

  1. psychiatric

Ancestry of “psychiatrique”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchpsychiatriepsychiatry
2French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
3Middle French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
4Old French-ieindicates a feminine noun, often an abstract one
5Latin-iaUsed to form a feminine abstract noun, usually...
6Latin-iusforming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter...
7Proto-Italic-jōsForms comparative adjectives
8Proto-Indo-European-yósCreates adjectives from noun or verb stems

Words derived from “psychiatrique”

  • psychiatriser
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