-kinesiscomb. form
Primary stress is attracted to the second syllable of this combining form and vowels may be reduced accordingly.
Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymons: Greek -κίνησις, κίνησις.
Etymology: < ancient Greek -κίνησις, combining form (in e.g. μετακίνησις change; compare metakinesis n.) of κίνησις (see kinesis n.).Earliest in the first half of the 19th cent. in the probable German loanword akinesis n.; subsequently in a number of formations, frequently after German words in -kinese (e.g. metakinesis n., cytokinesis n.).
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2018).