Etymology

clinicobiomechanical

Today it means: Clinical and biomechanical. Full definition →

English biomechanical ← Middle English mechanical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ḱley-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ḱl̥néyti
  4. Proto-Hellenic*klíňňō
  5. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νω (klī́nō)
  6. Ancient Greekκλῑ́νη (klī́nē)
  7. Ancient Greekκλῑνῐκός (klīnĭkós)
  8. Late Latinclīnicus
  9. Frenchclinique
  10. Englishclinic
  11. Englishclinico-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  13. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  14. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  15. Englishbio-
  16. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  17. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  18. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  19. Latinmēchanicus
  20. Old Frenchmecanique
  21. Middle Englishmechanic
  22. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  23. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  24. Middle Englishmechanical
  25. Englishmechanical
  26. Englishbiomechanical
  27. English todayclinicobiomechanical

From clinico- + biomechanical.

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