The story
- Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
- Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
- Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
- Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
- Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
- Frenchdynamique
- Englishdynamic
- Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂s
- Proto-Indo-European*méǵh₂yōs
- Proto-Indo-European*meǵh₂ism̥mos
- Proto-Italic*magisVmos
- Latinmaximus
- Frenchmaximum
- Englishmaximum
- Proto-Indo-European*ten-
- Proto-Indo-European*tend-
- Proto-Indo-European*téndeti
- Proto-Italic*tendō
- Latintendō
- Latintēnsiō
- Middle Frenchtension
- Englishtension
- English todayDymaxion
Coined by Buckminster Fuller as a blend of dynamic + maximum + tension.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.