Etymology

proterodynamic

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Today it means: proterokinetic Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*per-der.?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pér
  3. Proto-Indo-European*pró
  4. Ancient Greekπρό (pró)
  5. Ancient Greekπρότερος (próteros)
  6. Englishprotero-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  8. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  9. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  10. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  11. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  12. Frenchdynamique
  13. Englishdynamic
  14. English todayproterodynamic

From protero- + dynamic.

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