Etymograph

English

geodynamo

From geo- + dynamo.

A compound of geo- + dynamo

Proto-Hellenic *gaya

Ancient Greek γῆ ‘earth’

English geo-

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’

Ancient Greek δύναμις ‘power’

English dynamo

Today it means

noun the mechanism responsible for the generation of the Earth's magnetic field caused by convection and conduction currents in the fluid core

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