Word Origin Summary

Mēchanicus is attested in Latin. Follow the ancestry chain below to trace where this term came from and how it branched into later descendants.

Descendants and Related Terms

• mekaniko

  Cebuano · borrowed from

• mecanic

  Romanian · borrowed from

• Mechanik

  German · borrowed from

• mechanics

  English · borrowed from

• mekaanikko

  Finnish · derived from

• mekaniikka

  Finnish · derived from

• mekaniko

  Tagalog · borrowed from

• mecánico

  Spanish · derived from

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