flavordynamics

English

Alternative forms

• flavourdynamics

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₁-

Proto-Indo-European *bʰleh₁-der.

Proto-Italic *flāōder.

Latin flō

Proto-Indo-European *-tōr

Proto-Italic *-tōr

Latin -tor

Latin flātor

Vulgar Latin *flātorder.

Old French flaorbor.

Middle English savourinflu.

Middle English flavour

English flavor

Proto-Indo-European *dewh₂-der.

Proto-Hellenic *dunamai

Ancient Greek δῠ́νᾰμαι (dŭ́nămai)

Ancient Greek δύναμις (dúnamis)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek δυναμικός (dunamikós)lbor.

French dynamiqueder.

English dynamic

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ms

Proto-Indo-European *-omsder.

Proto-Germanic *-anzder.?

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂m̥s

Proto-Germanic *-ōz

Proto-Germanic *-ōsder.?

Old English -as

Middle English -es

English -s

English dynamics

English flavordynamics

From flavor +‎ dynamics, by analogy with electrodynamics and chromodynamics.

Noun

flavordynamics (uncountable)

1. (physics, rare) The theory of the weak interaction in quantum physics.
   • 2010, Armin Wachter, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics, page 177:

     Toiday it is assumed that all three types of interactions can be described by quantum field theories: the electromagnetic interaction by quantum electrodynamics, the strong one by quantum chromodynamics, and the weak one by quantum flavordynamics.