Etymology

clinicodynamic

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Today it means: Clinical and dynamic. Full definition →

English dynamic ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
  4. Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
  5. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
  6. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νη (klī́nē)
  7. Ancient Greekκλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)
  8. Late Latinclīnicus
  9. Frenchclinique
  10. Englishclinic
  11. Englishclinico-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  13. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  14. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  15. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  16. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  17. Frenchdynamique
  18. Englishdynamic
  19. English todayclinicodynamic

From clinico- + dynamic.

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