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Where does “mašīna” come from?

mašīna (Latvian) comes from Russian маши́на, from German Maschine, from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά, from Ancient Greek μηχανή, from Ancient Greek μῆχος.

mašīna (Latvian): machine, machinery, mechanism; car, automobile

Definitions

  1. machine, machinery, mechanism; car, automobile

Ancestry of “mašīna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Russianмаши́наmotor vehicle, machine; machine
2GermanMaschinemachine; engine; airplane
3Frenchmachinemachine, device; machine
4Middle Frenchmachinemachine; device
5Latinmāchina—
6Ancient GreekμαχανάDoric form of μηχᾰνή
7Ancient Greekμηχανήcontrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means
8Ancient Greekμῆχοςmeans, expedient, remedy
9Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-—

Words derived from “mašīna”

  • automašīna
  • auto
  • lidmašīna
  • rakstāmmašīna
  • automaģistrāle
  • pļaujmašīna
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