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kinematics
Kinematics comes from Ancient Greek κίνημα ‘motion’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- ‘to start to move’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keyh₂-‘to start to move’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκινέω‘to set in motion’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκίνημαkínēma‘motion’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcinématique
- Englishtodaykinematics
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*keyh₂-‘to start to move’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEκινέω‘to set in motion’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκίνημαkínēma‘motion’
- Frenchc. 1600–presentcinématique
- Englishtodaykinematics
Formed from -ics
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- ‘to start to move’
citation, recite, incite, kinetic, resuscitate, cine, cytokine, recitative, 13 more
through Ancient Greek κινέω ‘to set in motion’
Today it means
noun The branch of mechanics concerned with objects in motion, but not with the forces involved.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *keyh₂- / kinematics