Etymology

mechanosensitive

Today it means: Sensitive to mechanical stimuli such as pressure. Full definition →

English sensitive ← Middle English mekanyk ← Old French mecanique
Ask AI about its historyChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

The story

  1. Latinmēchanicus
  2. Old Frenchmecanique
  3. Middle Englishmekanyk
  4. Englishmechan(ic)
  5. Englishmechano-
  6. Englishsensitive
  7. English todaymechanosensitive

From mechano- + sensitive.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.