Etymology

machinable

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Today it means: Able to be made or modified by machine. Full definition →

English machine ← Middle French machine ← Latin māchina
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)
  3. Latinmāchina
  4. Middle Frenchmachine
  5. Englishmachine
  6. English todaymachinable

From machine + -able.

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