Where does “dínamo” come from?

dínamo (Portuguese) comes from Ancient Greek δυναμικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός, from Proto-Indo-European -ḱos — -y, -ic.

dínamo (Portuguese): dynamo

Definitions

  1. dynamo

Ancestry of “dínamo”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekδυναμικόςable, powerful
2Ancient Greek-ικόςof or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic
3Ancient Greek-κόςforms adjectives with the sense of 'of or...
4Proto-Indo-European-ḱos-y, -ic
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