Where does “plasmadynamics” come from?
plasmadynamics (English) comes from English dynamics, from English -ics, from English -ic, from English image, from French image, from Portuguese imagem, from Spanish imagen, from Italian immagine — in.
plasmadynamics (English): The scientific study of the motion of plasma
Definitions
- The scientific study of the motion of plasma
Ancestry of “plasmadynamics”, step by step
plasmadynamics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English dynamics
| 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 |
via English plasma
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | plasma | A state of matter consisting of partially ionized... |
| 2 | Late Latin | plasma | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | πλάσμα | something formed, figure, image; counterfeit,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | πλάσσω | I form, mould, shape, sculpt; I form, train a... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | pláťťō | — |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | plátʰyō | — |