Where does “dynamics” come from?
Dynamics comes from English dynamic, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός, formed from Ancient Greek δύναμαι meaning "to be able" with the suffix Ancient Greek -ικός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.
dynamics (English): The branch of mechanics that is concerned with...
Definitions
- The branch of mechanics that is concerned with...
Ancestry of “dynamics”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | -ics | Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or... |
| 2 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 3 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 4 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 5 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 6 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 7 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 8 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 9 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 10 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 11 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 12 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 13 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 14 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |
Words derived from “dynamics”
- thermodynamics
- hemodynamics
- hydrodynamics
- aerodynamics
- electrodynamics
- pharmacodynamics
- psychodynamics
- haemodynamics
- urodynamics
- biodynamics
- chromodynamics
- neurodynamics
- geodynamics
- morphodynamics
- magnetohydrodynamics
- toxicodynamics
- macrodynamics
- microdynamics
- elastodynamics
- metadynamics
- astrodynamics
- magnetodynamics
- electrohydrodynamics
- photodynamics