Where does “atomifysiikka” come from?
atomifysiikka (Finnish) comes from Finnish fysiikka, from Swedish fysik, from Latin physica, from Ancient Greek φυσικός, from Ancient Greek φύσις, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti — he, she.
atomifysiikka (Finnish): atomic physics
Definitions
- atomic physics
Ancestry of “atomifysiikka”, step by step
atomifysiikka traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Finnish fysiikka
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | fysiikka | physics; physique |
| 2 | Swedish | fysik | physics |
| 3 | Latin | physica | natural sciences; natural philosophy; physics;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 10 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Finnish atomi
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Finnish | atomi | atom; atomic |
| 2 | Latin | atomus | indivisible; an atom, particle incapable of being... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ἄτομος | uncut; indivisible, not capable of being... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀ- | The alpha privativum, used to make words that... |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | hə- | same; together |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | sm̥- | one; with, together |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | sem- | together, one |