dyna-

dyna-
a combining form meaning "power," used in the formation of compound words: dynamotor.
Also, dynam-, dynamo-.
[comb. form of Gk dýnamis power, dýnasthai to be able]

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dyna-
In the derivatives of Gr. δύνα-σθαι to be able, δύναµις power, y (= Gr. υ) is etymologically short, and is so treated in pronouncing dictionaries down to the middle of the 19th c. But popular usage (esp. since dynamite came into vogue) tends to give the y the diphthongal pronunciation (aɪ) in all these words, though (dɪn-) is still preferred by some in dynamic and its family, and app. by most scholars in dynasty and its family.

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