Etymology

hypodynamic

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Today it means: Describing a decrease in both blood pressure and pulse pressure Full definition →

English dynamic ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*upó
  2. Ancient Greekῠ̔πό (hŭpó)
  3. Ancient Greekὑπο- (hupo-)
  4. Englishhypo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  6. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  7. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  8. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  9. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  10. Frenchdynamique
  11. Englishdynamic
  12. English todayhypodynamic

From hypo- + dynamic.

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