Etymology

nematohydrodynamic

Today it means: That moves water by the action of filaments Full definition →

English hydrodynamic ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*(s)neh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekνέω (néō)
  3. Ancient Greekνῆμᾰ (nêmă)
  4. Englishnemat-
  5. Englishnemato-
  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. Englishhydrodynamic
  20. English todaynematohydrodynamic

From nemato- + hydrodynamic.

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