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Where does “rakstāmmašīna” come from?

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

rakstāmmašīna (Latvian): typewriter

Definitions

  1. typewriter

Ancestry of “rakstāmmašīna”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latvianmašīnamachine, machinery, mechanism; car, automobile
2Russianмаши́наmotor vehicle, machine; machine
3GermanMaschinemachine; engine; airplane
4Frenchmachinemachine, device; machine
5Middle Frenchmachinemachine; device
6Latinmāchina—
7Ancient GreekμαχανάDoric form of μηχᾰνή
8Ancient Greekμηχανήcontrivance, machine, device, gear; way, means
9Ancient Greekμῆχοςmeans, expedient, remedy
10Proto-Indo-Europeanmeǵʰ-—
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