Etymology

antipsychiatry

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Today it means: Opposed to psychiatry Full definition →

English psychiatry ← French psychiatrie ← Ancient Greek ἀντι- (anti-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ent-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énts
  3. Proto-Indo-European*h₂énti
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓ντῐ́ (ăntĭ́)
  5. Ancient Greekἀντι- (anti-)
  6. Englishanti-
  7. Frenchpsych-
  8. Frenchpsychiatre
  9. Frenchpsychiatrie
  10. Englishpsychiatry
  11. English todayantipsychiatry

From anti- + psychiatry.

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