Etymology

nonbiomechanical

Today it means: Not biomechanical. Full definition →

English biomechanical ← Middle English mechanical ← Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?
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  1. Proto-Indo-European*né
  2. Proto-Germanic*ne
  3. Proto-Indo-European*ís?
  4. Proto-Indo-European*h₁óynos
  5. Proto-Germanic*ainaz
  6. Proto-Germanic*nainaz
  7. Proto-West Germanic*nain
  8. Old Englishnān
  9. Middle Englishnon
  10. Old Englishnān
  11. Old Englishnān-
  12. Middle Englishnon-
  13. Englishnon-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*gʷeyh₃-
  15. Ancient Greekβῐ́ος (bĭ́os)
  16. Ancient Greekβῐο- (bĭo-)
  17. Englishbio-
  18. Proto-Indo-European*megʰ-der.?
  19. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  20. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  21. Latinmēchanicus
  22. Old Frenchmecanique
  23. Middle Englishmechanic
  24. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  26. Middle Englishmechanical
  27. Englishmechanical
  28. Englishbiomechanical
  29. English todaynonbiomechanical

From non- + biomechanical.

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