Where does “mechanikusabban” come from?
mechanikusabban (Hungarian) comes from Hungarian mechanikus, from German mechanisch, from French méchanique, from Old French mecanique, from Latin mēchanicus, from Ancient Greek μηχανικός, from Ancient Greek -ικός, from Ancient Greek -κός — -y, -ic.
Ancestry of “mechanikusabban”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hungarian | mechanikus | mechanical; automatic, perfunctory, thoughtless,... |
| 2 | German | mechanisch | mechanical; mechanically |
| 3 | French | méchanique | — |
| 4 | Old French | mecanique | — |
| 5 | Latin | mēchanicus | engineer |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | μηχανικός | ingenious, resourceful; of or pertaining to... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -ικός | of or pertaining to, in the manner of; -ic |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -κός | forms adjectives with the sense of 'of or... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -ḱos | -y, -ic |