Where does “физико-химический” come from?
физико-химический (Russian) comes from Russian фи́зика, from Ancient Greek φυσικός, from Ancient Greek φύσις, from Ancient Greek φύω, from Proto-Indo-European bʰuHyéti, from Proto-Indo-European -yéti, from Proto-Indo-European yé-, from Chichewa iye — he, she.
физико-химический (Russian): physical and chemical, physico-chemical; physical...
Definitions
- physical and chemical, physico-chemical; physical...
Ancestry of “физико-химический”, step by step
физико-химический traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian фи́зика
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | фи́зика | physics (branch of science) |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 8 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Russian хими́ческий
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | хими́ческий | chemical |
| 2 | Russian | -и́ческий | adjectival suffix; -ic |
| 3 | Russian | -и́к | er, -or, -ant, -ic, -ist |
| 4 | Latin | -icum | nominative neuter singular of -icus; accusative... |
| 5 | Latin | -icus | belonging to; derived from; of or pertaining to;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |