Etymograph

English

physic

Physic comes from Latin physicus, from Ancient Greek φῠσῐκός ‘natural’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to appear, become, rise up’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to appear, become, rise up’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuHyétireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰúyōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφῠ́ωphŭ́ō‘grow’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφύσιςphúsis‘origin, birth’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφῠσῐκόςphŭsĭkós‘natural’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEphysicus
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500phisik
  9. Englishtodayphysic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-‘to appear, become, rise up’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuHyétireconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*pʰúyōreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφῠ́ωphŭ́ō‘grow’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφύσιςphúsis‘origin, birth’
  6. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφῠσῐκόςphŭsĭkós‘natural’
  7. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEphysicus
  8. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500phisik
  9. Englishtodayphysic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- ‘to appear, become, rise up’

power, future, present, possible, build, improve, presence, essential, bond, bush, bound, absence, contribution, entity, booth, approve, probability, absent, favorable, distribute, contributor, fiat, bun, favourable, bouquet, retribution, attribution, rebuke, impotent, bower, impossibility, aren, beamer, bosque, approbation, busk, phylogeny, boor, bist, futur, 82 more

through Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti

be, been, 13 more

through Proto-Hellenic *pʰúyō

imp, 13 more

Another origin of physic

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*bʰuH-tísreconstructed
  2. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEφύσις‘nature’
  3. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφῠσῐκόςphŭsĭkós‘natural’
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEφυσικήphusikḗfeminine singular of φῠσῐκός
  5. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEphysica‘study of nature’
  6. Old Frenchc. 842–1400fisike‘natural science, art of healing’
  7. Middle Englishc. 1150–1500fysike
  8. Englishtodayphysic

Today it means

adj Relating to or concerning existent materials; physical.

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- / physic

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