English
dynamis
Dynamis comes from Ancient Greek δύναμις ‘power, might, strength’.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδύναμιςdúnamis‘power, might, strength’
- Englishearliest quotation 1962dynamis
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδύναμιςdúnamis‘power, might, strength’
- Englishearliest quotation 1962dynamis
Earliest quotation: 1962, William Keith Chambers Guthrie, A History of Greek Philosophy: Aristotle: “I have tried to explain the sense of dynamis…”
Linked words
through Ancient Greek δύναμις ‘power, might, strength’
thermodynamic, hydrodynamic, psychodynamic, hemodynamic, biodynamic, 57 more
Today it means
noun Potentiality.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek δύναμις / dynamis