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Where does “dinamo” come from?

dinamo (Indonesian) comes from Dutch dynamo, from English dynamo, from German dynamoelektrische Maschine, from Ancient Greek δύναμις, from Ancient Greek δύναμαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dunamai.

dinamo (Indonesian): dynamo

Definitions

  1. dynamo

Ancestry of “dinamo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchdynamodynamo
2EnglishdynamoAn electricity generator, a dynamo-electric...
3Germandynamoelektrische Maschine—
4Ancient Greekδύναμιςpower, might, strength; ability, skill; power,...
5Ancient Greekδύναμαιdeponent; to be able, capable, strong enough to...
6Proto-Hellenic*dunamai—
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