Where does “fisikawan” come from?
fisikawan (Indonesian) comes from Indonesian fisika, from Dutch fysica, 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.
fisikawan (Indonesian): physicist
Definitions
- physicist
Ancestry of “fisikawan”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Indonesian | fisika | physics, the branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy |
| 2 | Dutch | fysica | 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 |