Where does “radiophysicist” come from?
radiophysicist (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.
radiophysicist (English): A physicist whose speciality is radiophysics
Definitions
- A physicist whose speciality is radiophysics
Ancestry of “radiophysicist”, step by step
| 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 |