Where does “ダイナマイト” come from?
ダイナマイト (Japanese) comes from English dynamite, from Ancient Greek δύναμις, from Ancient Greek δύναμαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dunamai.
ダイナマイト (Japanese): dynamite
Ancestry of “ダイナマイト”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | dynamite | A class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | δύναμις | power, might, strength; ability, skill; power,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | δύναμαι | deponent; to be able, capable, strong enough to... |
| 4 | Proto-Hellenic | *dunamai | — |