Etymology

geometrodynamics

Today it means: Any of several reformulations of general relativity that attempt to describe spacetime and associated phenomena completely in terms of geometry. Full definition →

English dynamics ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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  1. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  2. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  3. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  4. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*med-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*meh₁-
  7. Ancient Greekμέτρον (métron)
  8. Ancient Greekγεωμετρῐ́ᾱ (geōmetrĭ́ā)
  9. Latingeōmetria
  10. Old Frenchgeometrie
  11. Middle Englishgemetry
  12. Englishgeometry
  13. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  14. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  15. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  16. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  17. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  18. Frenchdynamique
  19. Englishdynamic
  20. Englishdynamics
  21. English todaygeometrodynamics

From geometry + -o- + dynamics.

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