Etymology

phasic

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Today it means: Of or relating to phases. Full definition →

English phase ← New Latin phasis ← Ancient Greek φάσις (phásis)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeh₂-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰh₂nyéti
  3. Proto-Hellenic*pʰáňňō
  4. Ancient Greekφᾰ(ν)- (phă(n)-)
  5. Ancient Greekφάσις (phásis)
  6. New Latinphasis
  7. Englishphase
  8. English todayphasic

From phase + -ic.

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