Etymograph

English

akinetic

From a- + kinetic.

A compound of a- + kinetic

Proto-Indo-European *uds- ‘up, out’

Proto-Germanic *uz- ‘out-’

Proto-West Germanic *uʀ- ‘up, out, over’

English a-

Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- ‘to move, be in motion’

Ancient Greek κῑνέω ‘to set in motion’

Ancient Greek κῑ́νησῐς ‘motion’

Ancient Greek κινητικός ‘puts in motion’

English kinetic

Today it means

adj Without motion.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / akinetic