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Where does “nanomachinery” come from?

nanomachinery (English) comes from English machinery, from English machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά, from Ancient Greek μηχανή, from Ancient Greek μῆχος, from Proto-Indo-European meǵʰ-.

nanomachinery (English): Machinery built on a nanoscale; nanomachines

Definitions

  1. Machinery built on a nanoscale; nanomachines

Ancestry of “nanomachinery”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishmachineryThe machines constituting a production apparatus,...
2EnglishmachineA device that directs and controls energy, often...
3Middle Frenchmachinemachine; device
4Latinmāchina—
5Ancient GreekμαχανάDoric form of μηχᾰνή
6Ancient Greekμηχανήcontrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means
7Ancient Greekμῆχοςmeans, expedient, remedy
8Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-—
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