Where does “pharmacodynamics” come from?
Pharmacodynamics derives from English dynamic, Ancient Greek δυναμικός (relating to power or force), and Ancient Greek δύναμαι (to be able or have power), with the prefix pharma- from Ancient Greek φάρμακον (drug).
pharmacodynamics (English): The branch of pharmacology that studies the...
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- The branch of pharmacology that studies the...
Ancestry of “pharmacodynamics”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | dynamics | The branch of mechanics that is concerned with... |
| 2 | English | -ics | Forms nouns referring to fields of knowledge or... |
| 3 | English | -ic | Used to form adjectives from nouns with the... |
| 4 | English | image | An optical or other representation of a real... |
| 5 | French | image | picture, image; frame; first-person singular... |
| 6 | Portuguese | imagem | image; picture; figure; image; image; face |
| 7 | Spanish | imagen | image |
| 8 | Italian | immagine | image; imago |
| 9 | Latin | imāginem | — |
| 10 | Latin | im- | Alternative form of in-; form of "in"; in |
| 11 | Latin | īn- | un-, non-, not |
| 12 | Latin | în | in, at, on, upon, from (space) |
| 13 | Latin | en | lookǃ beholdǃ; reallyǃ?; come onǃ |
| 14 | Proto-Italic | en | in |
| 15 | Proto-Indo-European | h₁én | in |