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Where does “โรคจิต” come from?

โรคจิต (Thai) comes from Thai โรค, from Sanskrit रोग, from Hindi रज, from Proto-Indo-European lewǵ- — to break, tear; to break, shatter.

โรคจิต (Thai): psychosis; mental disorder; mental illness;...

Definitions

  1. psychosis; mental disorder; mental illness;...

Ancestry of “โรคจิต”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Thaiโรคdisease; sickness
2Sanskritरोग‘breaking up of strength’; disease, infirmity,...
3Hindiरज—
4Proto-Indo-Europeanlewǵ-to break, tear; to break, shatter
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