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Etymology scriptorium convo[edit]
--Barytonesis (talk) 04:24, 11 June 2017 (UTC)
Etymology[edit]
- AHD:machine[1] traces machina to mākhanā (=μαχανά (makhaná)), indicating it to be a variant of mēkhanē (=μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)).
- etymonline.com:machine[2] traces machina to makhana (=μαχανά (makhaná)), indicating it to be a variant of mēkhanē (=μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)).
- M-W:machine[3] traces machina to mēchanē (=μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)), indicating machana (=μαχανά (makhaná)) as Doric, tracing mēchanē further to mēchos.
- Collins:machine[4] traces machina to mākhanā (=μαχανά (makhaná)), relating it to makhos.
- oxforddictionaries.com:machine[5] traces unnamed Latin form to Doric Greek makhana, which it relates to Greek mēkhanē, tracing it to mēkhos.