Etymology

iatromechanical

ia·tro·me·cha·ni·cal
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Today it means: Describing a school of thought that maintained that physiology and pathology could be explained in terms of physics. Full definition →

English mechanical ← Middle English mechanical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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The story

  1. Ancient Greekἰάομαι (iáomai)
  2. Ancient Greekῑ̓ᾱτρός (īātrós)
  3. Ancient Greekῑ̓ᾱτρο- (īātro-)
  4. Englishiatro-
  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 todayiatromechanical

From iatro- + mechanical.

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