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Where does “hemodynamics” come from?

Hemodynamics comes from English dynamic plus the suffix -ics, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dynamikós, "powerful"), derived from δύναμαι (dýnamai, "to be able").

hemodynamics (English): The circulation and movement of blood in the...

Definitions

  1. The circulation and movement of blood in the...

Ancestry of “hemodynamics”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdynamicsThe branch of mechanics that is concerned with...
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 “hemodynamics”

  • haemodynamics
  • microhemodynamics
  • macrohemodynamics
  • macrohaemodynamics
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →