Where does “Biophysikerin” come from?
Biophysikerin (German) comes from German Biophysiker, from German Biophysik, from German Physik, from Latin physica, from Ancient Greek φυσικός, from Ancient Greek φύσις, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti — he, she.
Ancestry of “Biophysikerin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Biophysiker | biophysicist |
| 2 | German | Biophysik | biophysics |
| 3 | German | Physik | physics |
| 4 | Latin | physica | natural sciences; natural philosophy; physics;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 11 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |