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Where does “bionics” come from?

bionics (English) comes from English electronics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.

bionics (English): The design of engineering systems, especially...

Definitions

  1. The design of engineering systems, especially...

Ancestry of “bionics”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishelectronicsThe study and use of electrical devices that...
2English-icsForms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or...
3English-icUsed to form adjectives from nouns with the...
4EnglishimageAn optical or other representation of a real...
5Frenchimagepicture, image; frame; first-person singular...
6Portugueseimagemimage; picture; figure; image; image; face
7Spanishimagenimage
8Italianimmagineimage; imago
9Latinimāginem—
10Latinim-Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in
11Latinīn-—
12Latinîn—
13Latinenlookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ
14Proto-Italicenin
15Proto-Indo-Europeanh₁énin

Words derived from “bionics”

  • nanobionics
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