English
machinule
From machine + -ule.
Formed from machine + -ule
Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ ‘machine, contrivance (Doric)’
Latin māchina ‘a machine, contrivance’
Middle French machine ‘machine’
English machine
Today it means
noun An instrument used by surveyors to find right angles.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / machinule