Where does “aerophysics” come from?
aerophysics (English) comes from English physics, from English physic, from Middle English fysike, from Old French fisike, from Latin physica, from Ancient Greek φυσικός, from Ancient Greek φύσις, from Ancient Greek φύω — he, she.
aerophysics (English): The physics of the design and construction of...
Definitions
- The physics of the design and construction of...
Ancestry of “aerophysics”, step by step
aerophysics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English physics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | physics | The branch of science concerned with the study of... |
| 2 | English | physic | Relating to or concerning existent materials;... |
| 3 | Middle English | fysike | — |
| 4 | Old French | fisike | natural science, art of healing |
| 5 | Latin | physica | natural sciences; natural philosophy; physics;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |