Where does “plasmaphysics” come from?
plasmaphysics (English) comes 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, from Ancient Greek φύω — he, she.
plasmaphysics (English): The physics of plasmas
Definitions
- The physics of plasmas
Ancestry of “plasmaphysics”, step by step
plasmaphysics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English physics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | physics | The branch of science concerned with the study of... |
| 2 | English | physic | Relating to or concerning existent materials;... |
| 3 | Middle English | fysike | — |
| 4 | Old French | fisike | natural science, art of healing |
| 5 | Latin | physica | natural sciences; natural philosophy; physics;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 12 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
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 | — |