Etymology

mechanosense

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Today it means: To employ mechanosensation Full definition →

English sense ← Middle English sense ← Old French sens
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The story

  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*sent-
  10. Proto-Italic*sentiō
  11. Latinsentiō
  12. Latinsēnsu
  13. Proto-Germanic*sinnaz
  14. Frankish*sinn
  15. Vulgar Latin*sennus
  16. Old Frenchsens
  17. Middle Englishsense
  18. Englishsense
  19. English todaymechanosense

From mechano- + sense.

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