The story
- Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
- Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
- Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
- Latinmēchanicus
- Englishmecha(nics)
- English todaymechatronics
From mecha(nics) + -tronics.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: The synergistic combination of mechanical engineering, electronic engineering and software engineering for the study of automata from an engineering perspective and the control of advanced hybrid systems. Full definition →
From mecha(nics) + -tronics.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.