Psychiatrist

[Groomsport]

Good Afternoon - Do you know when the terms Psychiatry, Psychiatrist first entered the language? Was it before the First World War? I doubt it.
Many thanks

[emeritus]

ETYMOLOGY: 19c: from psyche + Greek iatros doctor

[Groomsport]

Thanks Emeritus - I know about its origins but when did the term enter the English language

[emeritus]

psychiatry
1846, from Fr. psychiatrie, from M.L. psychiatria, lit. "a healing of the soul," from Gk. psykhe- "mind" (see psyche) + iatreia "healing, care" (see -iatric). Psychiatrist first recorded 1890; the older name was mad-doctor (1703

Hope this helps

[Groomsport]

Thanks again Emeritus - 1890 is earlier than I would have guessed; better than mad-doctor certainly