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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

  1. The branch of mechanics that is concerned with...

Ancestry of “dynamics”, step by step

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

Words derived from “dynamics”

  • hemodynamics
  • hydrodynamics
  • aerodynamics
  • electrodynamics
  • pharmacodynamics
  • psychodynamics
  • haemodynamics
  • urodynamics
  • biodynamics
  • chromodynamics
  • neurodynamics
  • geodynamics
  • morphodynamics
  • magnetohydrodynamics
  • toxicodynamics
  • macrodynamics
  • microdynamics
  • elastodynamics
  • metadynamics
  • magnetodynamics
  • astrodynamics
  • electrohydrodynamics
  • photodynamics
  • trophodynamics
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