Where does “thermodynamics” come from?
Thermodynamics comes from English thermal and dynamic, which derives from French dynamique, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός, formed from δύναμαι meaning "to be able or powerful" and the suffix -ικός.
thermodynamics (English): The science of the conversions between heat and...
Definitions
- The science of the conversions between heat and...
Ancestry of “thermodynamics”, 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 |