Where does “生物物理学” come from?
生物物理学 (Japanese) comes from English biophysics, from English physics, from English physic, from Middle English fysike, from Old French fisike, from Latin physica, from Ancient Greek φυσικός, from Ancient Greek φύσις — he, she.
生物物理学 (Japanese): biophysics
Definitions
- biophysics
Ancestry of “生物物理学”, step by step
生物物理学 traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English biophysics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | biophysics | The interdisciplinary science that applies... |
| 2 | English | physics | The branch of science concerned with the study of... |
| 3 | English | physic | Relating to or concerning existent materials;... |
| 4 | Middle English | fysike | — |
| 5 | Old French | fisike | natural science, art of healing |
| 6 | Latin | physica | natural sciences; natural philosophy; physics;... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 12 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 13 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Japanese 物理学
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 物理学 | physics |
| 2 | Japanese | 学 | scholarship; learning; knowledge; -ology; -ics;... |
| 3 | Middle Chinese | 學 | — |
via Japanese 生物
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Japanese | 生物 | an organism; a life form |