Etymology

neuropsychiatry

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Today it means: The branch of medicine dealing with disorders that have both neurological and psychiatric features. Full definition →

English psychiatry ← French psychiatrie ← Ancient Greek νευρο- (neuro-)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*snéh₁wr̥
  3. Ancient Greekνεῦρον (neûron)
  4. Ancient Greekνευρο- (neuro-)
  5. Englishneuro-
  6. Frenchpsych-
  7. Frenchpsychiatre
  8. Frenchpsychiatrie
  9. Englishpsychiatry
  10. English todayneuropsychiatry

From neuro- + psychiatry.

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