Etymology

biphasic

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Today it means: Having two phases. Full definition →

English phasic ← New Latin phasis ← Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dwóh₁
  2. Proto-Indo-European*dwi-
  3. Proto-Italic*dwi-
  4. Latinbi-
  5. Englishbi-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  8. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  9. Ancient Greekφᾰ(ν)- (phă(n)-)
  10. Ancient Greekφάσις (phásis)
  11. New Latinphasis
  12. Englishphase
  13. Englishphasic
  14. English todaybiphasic

From bi- + phasic.

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