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Where does “magnetohydrodynamic” come from?

magnetohydrodynamic (English) comes from English dynamic, from French dynamique, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

magnetohydrodynamic (English): Of or pertaining to magnetohydrodynamics

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to magnetohydrodynamics

Ancestry of “magnetohydrodynamic”, 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 “magnetohydrodynamic”

  • magnetohydrodynamically
  • electromagnetohydrodynamic
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