Meaning

adjective involving the body as distinguished from the mind or spirit

adjective relating to the sciences dealing with matter and energy; especially physics

adjective having substance or material existence; perceptible to the senses

originBorrowed from Late Latin physicālis, from Latin physica (“study of nature”), from Ancient Greek φυσική (phusikḗ), feminine singular of φυσικός (phusikós, “natural; physical”), from φύσις (phúsis, “origin, birth; nature, quality; form, shape; type, kind”), from φῠ́ω (phŭ́ō, “grow”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰuH- (“to appear, become, rise up”).

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