English
hydrodynamic
Hydrodynamic comes from French dynamique ‘in motion, dynamic’, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός ‘able, powerful’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewh₂-‘to fit’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dunamaireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῠ́νᾰμαιdŭ́nămai
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδύναμιςdúnamis‘power, might, strength’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδυναμικόςdunamikós‘able, powerful’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdynamique‘in motion, dynamic’
- English1500–presentdynamic
- Englishearliest quotation 1961hydrodynamic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewh₂-‘to fit’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dunamaireconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῠ́νᾰμαιdŭ́nămai
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδύναμιςdúnamis‘power, might, strength’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδυναμικόςdunamikós‘able, powerful’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentdynamique‘in motion, dynamic’
- English1500–presentdynamic
- Englishearliest quotation 1961hydrodynamic
Earliest quotation: 1961, David W. Beadle, Krauss-Maffei 4,000 h.p. diesel-hydraulic unit for the U.S.A: “On the descent from Semmering to Payerbach-Reichenau, with a…”
A compound of hydro- + dynamic
Proto-Indo-European *wed- ‘water’
Proto-Indo-European *wódr̥ ‘water’
Proto-Hellenic *údōr ‘water’
Ancient Greek ῡ̆̔́δωρ ‘water’
English hydro-
Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’
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Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι
Ancient Greek δύναμις ‘power’
Ancient Greek δυναμικός ‘powerful’
French dynamique ‘in motion, dynamic’
English dynamic
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’
down, town, beautiful, beauty, ben, tool, bonus, teen, rebel, beneficial, optimal, boo, tow, bonnie, beau, optimism, boon, dun, beneficiary, revel, bona, bello, bene, bonny, tine, taw, bauble, dynastic, bellicose, bonbon, 91 more
through Proto-Hellenic *dunamai
through Ancient Greek δύναμις ‘power, might, strength’
through English dynamic
dynamically, thermodynamic, dynamical, psychodynamic, hemodynamic, biodynamic, 45 more
Today it means
adj Of, or relating to the science of hydrodynamics.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- / hydrodynamic