Etymology

nonmechanical

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Today it means: Not mechanical. Full definition →

English mechanical ← 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*megʰ-der.?
  15. Ancient Greekμηχανή (mēkhanḗ)
  16. Ancient Greekμηχανικός (mēkhanikós)
  17. Latinmēchanicus
  18. Old Frenchmecanique
  19. Middle Englishmechanic
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  22. Middle Englishmechanical
  23. Englishmechanical
  24. English todaynonmechanical

From non- + mechanical.

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