Etymology of the English word physics
the English word
physicsderived from the English word
physicderived from the Old French word
fisiquederived from the Latin word
fisiquederived from the Greek word
phusikederived from the Greek word
phusikos, φυσικός, φυσικῶς (natural; 'physical'; instinctive)
derived from the Late Greek word
phusis, φύσις (growth; growth (by germination or expansion); natural production (lineal descent); by extension, a genus or sort; figuratively, native disposition, constitution or usage)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bheuə-derived from the Greek word
phusikos, φυσικός, φυσικῶς (natural; 'physical'; instinctive)
derived from the Late Greek word
phusis, φύσις (growth; growth (by germination or expansion); natural production (lineal descent); by extension, a genus or sort; figuratively, native disposition, constitution or usage)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*bheuə-using the English suffix
-icsDerivations in English
astrophysics,
biophysics,
geophysics,
macrophysics,
microphysics,
physicistCognates
Dutch
fysica, Dutch
fysisch, English
physique, French
physique, German
Physik, German
Physis, Italian
fisico, Italian
fisica, Lithuanian
fizika, Norwegian
fysikk, Norwegian
fysisk, Polish
fizyka, Russian
физикa, Swedish
fysik, Swedish
fysiskUsage
Word found in Modern English
