Etymology

chemodynamics

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Today it means: The study of the dynamics of chemical reactions Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  2. Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
  3. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
  4. Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
  5. Medieval Latinalchēmia
  6. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
  7. New Latinchēmīa
  8. Englishchemo-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  11. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  12. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  13. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  14. Frenchdynamique
  15. Englishdynamic
  16. Englishdynamics
  17. English todaychemodynamics

From chemo- + dynamics.

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