English word physics comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰowHéyeti, Proto-Indo-European - -yéti, and later Proto-Indo-European *bʰuHyéti (To be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing.)
Dictionary entry | Language | Definition |
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*bʰowHéyeti | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
- -yéti | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | |
*bʰuHyéti | Proto-Indo-European (ine) | To be becoming, to be growing, to be appearing. |
φύω | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
φύσις | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
φυσική | Ancient Greek (grc) | |
physics | English (en) | The branch of science concerned with the study of the properties and interactions of space, time, matter and energy.. The physical aspects of a phenomenon or a system, especially those studied scientifically. |