orthopsychiatry

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃erdʰ-der.

Proto-Hellenic *ortʰwós

Ancient Greek ὀρθός (orthós)lbor.

English ortho-

French psych-

French -iatre

French psychiatre

Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-ijos

Proto-Italic *-ios

Old Latin -ios

Latin -ius

Latin -ia

Old French -ie

Middle French -ie

French -ie

French psychiatriebor.

English psychiatry

English orthopsychiatry

From ortho- + psychiatry.

Noun

orthopsychiatry (uncountable)

1. (psychiatry) branch of psychiatry concerned with the prevention of mental illness, especially in the young