Etymograph

English

dynamitic

From dynamite + -ic.

Formed from dynamite + -ic

Ancient Greek δύναμις ‘power’

English dynamite

Another origin of dynamitic

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*dewh₂-‘to fit together’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*dunamaireconstructed
  3. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδύναμαιdúnamai‘I am able’next step skipped: Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδύναμιςdúnamis‘power’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEδυναμικόςdunamikós‘powerful’
  6. Englishtodaydynamitic

Today it means

adj Involving the use of dynamite.

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “dynamitic”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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