Where does “echokinesie” come from?
echokinesie (Dutch) comes from Dutch echo, from Latin echo, from Ancient Greek Ἠχώ, from Ancient Greek ἠχή, from Proto-Hellenic *wākʰā́.
echokinesie (Dutch): echokinesis
Ancestry of “echokinesie”, step by step
echokinesie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch echo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | echo | echo |
| 2 | Latin | echo | echo |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | Ἠχώ | sound; a nymph in Greek mythology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἠχή | sound, noise |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | *wākʰā́ | — |
via Dutch kinesie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | Dutch | kinesie | kinesis; physiotherapy |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | κίνησις | motion; dance; political movement, revolt |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -σῐς | "suffix forming nouns" |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -τις | retained after dentals |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -tis | Derives abstract/action nouns from verb roots |