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Where does “informatics” come from?

Informatics derives from English information combined with the suffix -ic, ultimately from English enformation.

informatics (English): A branch of information science and of computer...

Definitions

  1. A branch of information science and of computer...

Ancestry of “informatics”, 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 “informatics”

  • bioinformatics
  • chemoinformatics
  • geoinformatics
  • cheminformatics
  • neuroinformatics
  • ecoinformatics
  • astroinformatics
  • pharmacoinformatics
  • immunoinformatics
  • glycobioinformatics
  • Informatiker
  • Informatik
  • informatikusok
  • informatikus
  • informatikai
  • térinformatika
  • informatika
Every word from Proto-Indo-European h₁én →