dynamite
/ˈdaɪnəmaɪt/·다이너마이트·noun
a powerful explosive
GreekCEFR B2
Root
Greek 'dynamis' (power), coined as Swedish 'dynamit' by Alfred Nobel (1867)
Greek dynamis → Swedish dynamit (coined 1867 by Alfred Nobel) → English dynamite
In a word
Greek dynamis = 'power'. In 1867 Sweden's Nobel pinned the name on the explosive he had invented. Within the dyna family, dynamite makes power most violently visible — dynamic (power in motion), dynamo (a maker of power), dynamite (power condensed into matter). That Nobel later founded the Peace Prize is not unrelated to his decision, decades earlier, to pin Greek dynamis onto an explosive.
Examples
Dynamite was used to clear the rock.
Nobel invented dynamite in 1867.
That news is dynamite!
Related
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