Etymograph

English

thermohydrodynamic

Thermohydrodynamic comes from French dynamique ‘in motion, dynamic’, from Ancient Greek δυναμικός ‘able, powerful’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- ‘to fit’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewh₂-‘to fit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dunamaireconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῠ́νᾰμαιdŭ́nămai
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδύναμιςdúnamis‘power, might, strength’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδυναμικόςdunamikós‘able, powerful’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentdynamique‘in motion, dynamic’
  7. English1500–presentdynamic
  8. Englishtodaythermohydrodynamic

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewh₂-‘to fit’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dunamaireconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδῠ́νᾰμαιdŭ́nămai
  4. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδύναμιςdúnamis‘power, might, strength’
  5. Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEδυναμικόςdunamikós‘able, powerful’
  6. Frenchc. 1600–presentdynamique‘in motion, dynamic’
  7. English1500–presentdynamic
  8. Englishtodaythermohydrodynamic

A compound of thermo- + hydro- + dynamic

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰer- ‘to be warm’

Proto-Indo-European *gʷʰermos

Proto-Hellenic *kʷʰermós

Ancient Greek θερμός ‘warm, hot’

English thermo-

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, bona, revel, bello, bene, bonny, tine, dynastic, taw, bauble, bellicose, bonbon, 91 more

through Proto-Hellenic *dunamai

dynasty, 49 more

through Ancient Greek δύναμις ‘power, might, strength’

dynamite, dynamo, 54 more

through English dynamic

dynamically, dynamical, thermodynamic, psychodynamic, biodynamic, hemodynamic, 45 more

Today it means

adj Relating to differences in temperature and differences in pressure

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

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂- / thermohydrodynamic