Etymology

ecohydrodynamics

Today it means: The hydrodynamics of an ecosystem Full definition →

English hydrodynamics ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*weyḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*wóyḱos
  3. Proto-Hellenic*wóikos
  4. Ancient Greekϝοῖκος (woîkos)
  5. Ancient Greekοἶκος (oîkos)
  6. Latinoeco-
  7. Frenchéco-
  8. Englisheco-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*wed-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  11. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  12. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  13. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  14. Englishhydro-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  16. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  17. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  18. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  19. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  20. Frenchdynamique
  21. Englishdynamic
  22. Englishdynamics
  23. Englishhydrodynamics
  24. English todayecohydrodynamics

From eco- + hydrodynamics.

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