Etymograph

English

micromechanism

Micromechanism comes from Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή ‘contrivance, machine, device, gear’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμηχᾰνήmēkhănḗ‘contrivance, machine, device, gear’
  2. New Latinmodernmechanismu
  3. English1500–presentmechanism
  4. Englishtodaymicromechanism

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed

Earlier history uncertain.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEμηχᾰνήmēkhănḗ‘contrivance, machine, device, gear’
  2. New Latinmodernmechanismu
  3. English1500–presentmechanism
  4. Englishtodaymicromechanism

A compound of micro- + mechanism

Ancient Greek μῑκρός ‘small’

English micro-

Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή ‘contrivance, machine, device, gear’

New Latin mechanismus

English mechanism

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *megʰ- ‘to be able’

may, might, main, yay, mechanical, magician, mower, mage, dismay, mechanic, magus, machinist, mecha, yayo, 78 more

Today it means

noun Any mechanism whose components are smaller than a millimeter

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Ancient Greek μηχᾰνή / micromechanism

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