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Where does “nonphysicist” come from?

nonphysicist (English) comes from English physicist, from English physics, from English physic, from Middle English fysike, from Old French fisike, from Latin physica, from Ancient Greek φυσικός, from Ancient Greek φύσις — he, she.

nonphysicist (English): One who is not a physicist

Definitions

  1. One who is not a physicist

Ancestry of “nonphysicist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishphysicistA person whose occupation specializes in the...
2EnglishphysicsThe branch of science concerned with the study of...
3EnglishphysicRelating to or concerning existent materials;...
4Middle Englishfysike—
5Old Frenchfisikenatural science, art of healing
6Latinphysicanatural sciences; natural philosophy; physics;...
7Ancient Greekφυσικόςnatural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,...
8Ancient Greekφύσιςorigin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,...
9Ancient GreekφύωTo bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;...
10Proto-Indo-EuropeanbʰuHyétito be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing
11Proto-Indo-European-yétiCreates intransitive, often deponent,...
12Proto-Indo-Europeanyé-—
13Chichewaiyehe, she
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