Etymology

endomechanical

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Today it means: Describing any device who mechanism operates inside the body Full definition →

English mechanical ← Middle English mechanical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥dóm
  2. Proto-Hellenic*éndon
  3. Ancient Greekἔνδον (éndon)
  4. Englishendo-
  5. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  6. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  7. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  8. Latinmēchanicus
  9. Old Frenchmecanique
  10. Middle Englishmechanic
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  12. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  13. Middle Englishmechanical
  14. Englishmechanical
  15. English todayendomechanical

From endo- + mechanical.

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