Etymology

autodynamic

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Today it means: Supplying its own power or dynamism Full definition →

English dynamic ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Englishauto-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  11. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  12. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  13. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  14. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  15. Frenchdynamique
  16. Englishdynamic
  17. English todayautodynamic

From auto- + dynamic.

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