Etymology

chemomechanically

Today it means: In a chemomechanical manner Full definition →

English mechanically ← Proto-Germanic *līką ← Proto-Indo-European *leyg-
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  2. Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
  3. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
  4. Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
  5. Medieval Latinalchēmia
  6. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
  7. New Latinchēmīa
  8. Englishchemo-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  10. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  11. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  12. Latinmēchanicus
  13. Old Frenchmecanique
  14. Middle Englishmechanic
  15. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  17. Middle Englishmechanical
  18. Englishmechanical
  19. Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
  20. Proto-Germanic*līką
  21. Englishmechanically
  22. English todaychemomechanically

From chemo- + mechanically.

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