Where does “다이너마이트” come from?

다이너마이트 (Korean) comes from English dynamite, from Ancient Greek δύναμις, from Ancient Greek δύναμαι, from Proto-Hellenic *dunamai.

다이너마이트 (Korean): dynamite

Definitions

  1. dynamite

Ancestry of “다이너마이트”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishdynamiteA class of explosives made from nitroglycerine in...
2Ancient Greekδύναμιςpower, might, strength; ability, skill; power,...
3Ancient Greekδύναμαιdeponent; to be able, capable, strong enough to...
4Proto-Hellenic*dunamai—
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