Etymology

mechanoactivity

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Today it means: mechanical activity in a biological or chemical process Full definition →

English activity ← Middle French activité ← Latin āctīvitās
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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. Englishmechano-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₂eǵ-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éǵeti
  11. Proto-Italic*agō
  12. Latinagō
  13. Ancient Greekἐνεργητικός (energētikós)
  14. Latināctīvus
  15. Latināctīvitās
  16. Middle Frenchactivité
  17. Englishactivity
  18. English todaymechanoactivity

From mechano- + activity.

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