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Where does “haemodynamic” come from?

Haemodynamic derives from English dynamic, from French dynamique, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός, combining Ancient Greek δύναμαι meaning "to be able or powerful" with the suffix -ικός, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European -kos.

haemodynamic (English): Alternative spelling of hemodynamic

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of hemodynamic

Ancestry of “haemodynamic”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdynamicChanging; active; in motion; Powerful; energetic;...
2Frenchdynamiquedynamic, energetic; dynamics
3Ancient Greekδυναμικόςable, powerful
4Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
5Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
6Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic

Words derived from “haemodynamic”

  • haemodynamically
  • macrohaemodynamic
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