Etymology

mechatronics

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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 →

English mecha(nics) ← Latin mēchanicus ← Ancient Greek μηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  2. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  3. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  4. Latinmēchanicus
  5. Englishmecha(nics)
  6. English todaymechatronics

From mecha(nics) + -tronics.

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