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Where does “skrivmaskinist” come from?

skrivmaskinist (Swedish) comes from Swedish skrivmaskin, from Swedish maskin, from French machine, from Middle French machine, from Latin māchina, from Ancient Greek μαχανά, from Ancient Greek μηχανή, from Ancient Greek μῆχος.

skrivmaskinist (Swedish): a typist, someone who writes on a typewriter

Definitions

  1. a typist, someone who writes on a typewriter

Ancestry of “skrivmaskinist”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Swedishskrivmaskina typewriter; a typesetting machine; a...
2Swedishmaskinmachine
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-—
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