Etymology

chemomechanics

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Today it means: An area of the physical chemistry of polymers concerned with the reversible conversion of chemical energy into mechanical energy. Full definition →

English mechanics ← Latin mēchanicus ← Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
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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. Englishmechanics
  14. English todaychemomechanics

From chemo- + mechanics.

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