Etymology

electrohydrodynamics

Today it means: the study of the dynamics of electrically conducting fluid Full definition →

English hydrodynamics ← 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*wed-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*wódr̥
  8. Proto-Hellenic*údōr
  9. Ancient Greekῡ̆̔́δωρ (hū̆́dōr)
  10. Ancient Greekῠ̔δρο- (hŭdro-)
  11. Englishhydro-
  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. Englishhydrodynamics
  21. English todayelectrohydrodynamics

From electro- + hydrodynamics.

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