Etymology

bionanomechanics

Today it means: nanobiomechanics Full definition →

English mechanics ← Latin mēchanicus ← Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  2. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  3. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  4. Englishbio-
  5. Ancient Greekνᾶνος (nânos)
  6. Latinnānus
  7. Englishnano-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  9. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  10. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  11. Latinmēchanicus
  12. Englishmechanics
  13. English todaybionanomechanics

From bio- + nano- + mechanics.

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