Where does “geofizika” come from?
geofizika (Hungarian) comes from Latvian fizika, 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-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
geofizika (Hungarian): geophysics
Definitions
- geophysics
Ancestry of “geofizika”, step by step
geofizika traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Latvian fizika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latvian | fizika | physics |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Ancient Greek γῆ
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | γῆ | land, earth; country; soil |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | γαῖᾰ | the Earth; land, earth |
via Hungarian fizika
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | fizika | physics |