Where does “photophysicist” come from?
photophysicist (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.
photophysicist (English): A physicist whose speciality is photophysics
Definitions
- A physicist whose speciality is photophysics
Ancestry of “photophysicist”, step by step
photophysicist 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 photo
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | photo | A photograph; A photo finish; To take a... |
| 2 | English | photography | The art and technology of producing images on... |
| 3 | French | photographie | photography; photograph |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φωτο- | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φῶς | Attic form of φᾰ́ος |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | pʰáos | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰéh₂os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂- | to shine, glow light; to speak, say |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰeh₂-s-ri- | — |