Where does “metaphysisch” come from?
metaphysisch (German) comes from German physisch, from Latin physicus, from Ancient Greek φυσικός, from Ancient Greek φύσις, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé- — he, she.
metaphysisch (German): metaphysical
Ancestry of “metaphysisch”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | physisch | physical; material |
| 2 | Latin | physicus | Of or pertaining to natural philosophy or... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |