Etymology

telegeodynamics

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Today it means: An electromechanical Earth-resonance concept for underground seismic exploration, proposed by Nikola Tesla. Full definition →

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

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  2. Ancient Greekτῆλε (têle)
  3. Englishtele-
  4. Proto-Hellenic*gaya
  5. Ancient Greekγαῖᾰ (gaîă)clip.
  6. Ancient Greekγῆ (gê)
  7. Ancient Greekγεω- (geō-)
  8. Englishgeo-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*dewh₂-
  10. Proto-Hellenic*dunamai
  11. Ancient Greekδῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)
  12. Ancient Greekδύναμις (dúnamis)
  13. Ancient Greekδυναμικός (dunamikós)
  14. Frenchdynamique
  15. Englishdynamic
  16. Englishdynamics
  17. Englishgeodynamics
  18. English todaytelegeodynamics

From tele- + geodynamics.

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