Where does “fysiokrat” come from?
fysiokrat (Swedish) comes from French physiocrate, from French physio-, 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.
fysiokrat (Swedish): physiocrat
Definitions
- physiocrat
Ancestry of “fysiokrat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | physiocrate | physiocrat |
| 2 | French | physio- | physio |
| 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 |