Etymology

mechano-

Today it means: involving the use of machines or mechanisms Full definition →

English mechan(ic) ← Middle English mekanyk ← Old French mecanique
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  3. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  4. Latinmēchanicus
  5. Old Frenchmecanique
  6. Middle Englishmekanyk
  7. Englishmechan(ic)
  8. English todaymechano-

mechan(ic) + -o-

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