Where does “dinamiter” come from?

dinamiter (Catalan) comes from Catalan dinamita, from Swedish Dynamit, from Ancient Greek δύναμις, from Ancient Greek δύναμαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dunamai.

dinamiter (Catalan): dynamiter

Definitions

  1. dynamiter

Ancestry of “dinamiter”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Catalandinamitadynamite
2SwedishDynamitdynamite
3Ancient Greekδύναμιςpower, might, strength; ability, skill; power,...
4Ancient Greekδύναμαιdeponent; to be able, capable, strong enough to...
5Proto-Hellenic*dunamai—
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