Etymology

automechanism

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Today it means: An automatic mechanism. Full definition →

English mechanism ← New Latin mechanismu ← Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tó-
  3. Proto-Hellenic*autós
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ew
  5. Ancient Greekαὖ (aû)
  6. Ancient Greekτόν (tón)
  7. Ancient Greekαὐτός (autós)
  8. Ancient Greekαὐτο- (auto-)
  9. Proto-Indo-European*men-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*mn̥tós
  11. Proto-Hellenic*mətós
  12. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτος (autómătos)
  13. Ancient Greekαὐτόμᾰτον (autómăton)
  14. Classical Latinautomatum
  15. New Latinautomaticus
  16. Englishautomaticclip.
  17. Englishauto-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  19. Ancient Greekμηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)
  20. New Latinmechanismu
  21. Englishmechanism
  22. English todayautomechanism

From auto- + mechanism.

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