Etymology

electroaerodynamics

Today it means: electrohydrodynamics involving air or another gas as the fluid Full definition →

English aerodynamics ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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  1. Frenchélectro-
  2. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  3. Latinēlectrum
  4. Latinelectro-
  5. Englishelectro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  8. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  9. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  10. Ancient Greekἀέρος (aéros)
  11. Englishaero-
  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. Englishdynamics
  20. Englishaerodynamics
  21. English todayelectroaerodynamics

From electro- + aerodynamics.

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