Etymology

biogeodynamics

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Today it means: The (study of the) interplay of biological and geological systems Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  6. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  7. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  8. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  9. Englishgeo-
  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. Englishdynamics
  18. Englishgeodynamics
  19. English todaybiogeodynamics

From bio- + geodynamics.

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