Etymology

nonmechanistic

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Today it means: Not mechanistic. Full definition →

English mechanistic ← New Latin mechanismu ← Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)
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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 Greekμηχᾰνή (mēkhănḗ)
  16. New Latinmechanismu
  17. Englishmechan(ism)
  18. Englishmechanistic
  19. English todaynonmechanistic

From non- + mechanistic.

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