Where does “biofysik” come from?
biofysik (Swedish) comes from Swedish fysik, from Latin physica, 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- — he, she.
biofysik (Swedish): biophysics
Definitions
- biophysics
Ancestry of “biofysik”, step by step
biofysik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Swedish fysik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | fysik | physics |
| 2 | Latin | physica | natural sciences; natural philosophy; physics;... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φυσικός | natural, produced or caused by nature, inborn,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φύσις | origin, birth; nature, quality, property; later,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | φύω | To bring forth, produce, generate, cause to grow;... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | bʰuHyéti | to be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 9 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |
via Swedish bio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Swedish | bio | cinema; the movies |
| 2 | Swedish | biograf | a cinema, a movie theatre; commonly contracted to... |
| 3 | Swedish | graf | graph, the set \left\{(x, F({x}))\right\} |
| 4 | English | graph | A data chart intended to illustrate the... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γράφω | to scratch, cut into; to draw, sketch, paint; to... |
| 6 | Proto-Hellenic | grəpʰō | to scratch, cut or carve into |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | gerbʰ- | to carve |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ger- | to turn, bend, twist, wind; to tie, bind... |