Where does “pharmacodynamic” come from?
Pharmacodynamic derives from French pharmacodynamique, from Ancient Greek pharmakodynamikos, combining pharmakon (drug) and dynamikos (relating to power or force), from dynamai (to be able) and the adjectival suffix -ikos.
pharmacodynamic (English): Of or pertaining to pharmacodynamics
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to pharmacodynamics
Ancestry of “pharmacodynamic”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dynamic | Changing; active; in motion; Powerful; energetic;... |
| 2 | French | dynamique | dynamic, energetic; dynamics |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δυναμικός | able, powerful |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |