Etymology

biochemomechanical

Today it means: biochemical and chemomechanical Full definition →

English chemomechanical ← Middle English mechanical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  6. Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
  7. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
  8. Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
  9. Medieval Latinalchēmia
  10. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
  11. New Latinchēmīa
  12. Englishchemo-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  14. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  15. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  16. Latinmēchanicus
  17. Old Frenchmecanique
  18. Middle Englishmechanic
  19. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  21. Middle Englishmechanical
  22. Englishmechanical
  23. Englishchemomechanical
  24. English todaybiochemomechanical

From bio- + chemomechanical.

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