Etymology

optodynamics

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Today it means: A range of dynamic measurement techniques that use small lasers. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₃ekʷ-
  2. Ancient Greekὄπωπᾰ (ópōpă)
  3. Ancient Greekὀπτός (optós)
  4. Englishopto-
  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. Englishdynamics
  13. English todayoptodynamics

From opto- + dynamics.

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