Where does “paraphysicist” come from?
paraphysicist (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.
paraphysicist (English): One who studies paraphysics
Definitions
- One who studies paraphysics
Ancestry of “paraphysicist”, step by step
paraphysicist traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English physicist
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | physicist | A person whose occupation specializes in the... |
| 2 | English | physics | The branch of science concerned with the study of... |
| 3 | English | physic | Relating to or concerning existent materials;... |
| 4 | Middle English | fysike | — |
| 5 | Old French | fisike | natural science, art of healing |
| 6 | Latin | physica | natural sciences; natural philosophy; physics;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via English Pará
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Pará | A former subunit of currency in several countries in the Ottoman/Turkish and Yugoslav regions |
| 2 | Portuguese | Pará | a state in the North Region of Brazil |
| 3 | Portuguese | Pera | pear |
| 4 | Portuguese | espera | wait |
| 5 | Portuguese | esperar | to wait; to hope; to expect; to anticipate |
| 6 | Old Portuguese | asperar | — |
| 7 | Old Spanish | esperar | to wait for, await |
| 8 | Latin | spērō | to hope, expect |
| 9 | Latin | spes | hope; expectation, anticipation, apprehension |
| 10 | Proto-Italic | spēs | hope |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | spéh₁s | prosperity, success |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | speh₁- | to succeed, to prosper |