machina.
machine; siege engine; scheme;
Meaning & usage
contrivance
war machine, military engine, siege engine
scaffold
platform
scheme, plan, machination
mill
Where this word comes from
Borrowed from Doric Greek μᾱχᾰνᾱ́ (mākhănā́, “machine, tool”) (compare Attic Greek μηχανή (mēkhanḗ)). A very early borrowing, considering the vowel reduction of unstressed /a/ to /i/.
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