Etymology

electrochemomechanics

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

English chemomechanics ← Latin mēchanicus ← Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
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  1. Frenchélectro-
  2. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  3. Latinēlectrum
  4. Latinelectro-
  5. Englishelectro-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*ǵʰew-
  7. Ancient Greekχῠ́μᾰ (khŭ́mă)
  8. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)
  9. Arabicالْكِيمِيَاء (al-kīmiyāʔ)
  10. Medieval Latinalchēmia
  11. Ancient Greekχυμείᾱ (khumeíā)influ.
  12. New Latinchēmīa
  13. Englishchemo-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  15. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  16. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  17. Latinmēchanicus
  18. Englishmechanics
  19. Englishchemomechanics
  20. English todayelectrochemomechanics

From electro- + chemomechanics.

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