The story
- Ancient Greekκύτος (kútos)
- Englishcyto-
- Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
- Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
- Latinmēchanicus
- Old Frenchmecanique
- Middle Englishmechanic
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
- Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
- Middle Englishmechanical
- Englishmechanical
- Proto-Indo-European*leyg-
- Proto-Germanic*līką
- Englishmechanically
- English todaycytomechanically
From cyto- + mechanically.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.