dementia praecox
English
noun
Definitions
- (dated) schizophrenia
Etymology
Derived from Latin dēmentia (insanity, madness).
Origin
Latin
dēmentia
Gloss
insanity, madness
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- precocious English
- precociously English
- precociousness English
- dēmentia Latin
- démence French
- *pekʷ- Proto-Indo-European