Where does “dinamita” come from?

dinamita (Hiligaynon) comes from Spanish dinamita, from Swedish Dynamit, from Ancient Greek δύναμις, from Ancient Greek δύναμαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dunamai.

dinamita (Hiligaynon): dynamite

Definitions

  1. dynamite

Ancestry of “dinamita”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Spanishdinamitadynamite
2SwedishDynamitdynamite
3Ancient Greekδύναμιςpower, might, strength; ability, skill; power,...
4Ancient Greekδύναμαιdeponent; to be able, capable, strong enough to...
5Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
Every word from Proto-Hellenic *dunamai
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