Etymology

nonaerodynamic

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Today it means: Not aerodynamic Full definition →

English aerodynamic ← French dynamique ← Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ews-
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ewsér
  16. Proto-Hellenic*auhḗr
  17. Ancient Greekᾱ̓ήρ (āḗr)
  18. Ancient Greekἀέρος (aéros)
  19. Englishaero-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  21. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  22. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  23. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  24. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  25. Frenchdynamique
  26. Englishdynamic
  27. Englishaerodynamic
  28. English todaynonaerodynamic

From non- + aerodynamic.

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