Etymology

-kinesis

Today it means: movement, motion Full definition →

Ancient Greek κίνησις
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromκίνησις“motion, movement”
  2. English today-kinesis

Borrowed from Ancient Greek κίνησις (kínēsis, “motion, movement”), from κινέω (kinéō, “I move, put in motion”).

Words from the same roots

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