Where does “Geophysiker” come from?
Geophysiker (German) comes from German Geophysik, from German Physik, 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.
Geophysiker (German): geophysicist
Definitions
- geophysicist
Ancestry of “Geophysiker”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Geophysik | geophysics (branch of earth science) |
| 2 | German | Physik | 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 |