Etymology

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Today it means: Changing; active; in motion. Full definition →

French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós) ← Proto-Hellenic *dunamai
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  2. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  3. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  4. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  5. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  6. Frenchdynamique
  7. English todaydynamic

From French dynamique, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós, “powerful”), from δύναμις (dúnamis, “power”), from δύναμαι (dúnamai, “I am able”).

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekδυναμικός all →

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