myEtymology.com: English etymology of mechatronics

Etymology of the English word mechatronics

the English word mechatronics

derived from the English word electronics

using the English suffix -ics

derived from the English word electronic

derived from the English word electron

using the English suffix -on

derived from the English word electric

derived from the Latin word electricus (electric)

derived from the Latin word electrum (electrum; amber; electron)

derived from the Greek word elektron, ἤλεκτρον (amber)

using the English suffix -ic

derived from the English word mechanics

derived from the English word mechanic

derived from the Old French word mecanique

derived from the Latin word mechanicus (engineer; mechanic; acrobat performing w; mechanical; of, concerned with machines)

derived from the Greek word mechanikos, μηχανικός

derived from the Greek word mechane, μηχανή

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *magh-

derived from the Greek word mekhane

derived from the Greek word mekhos

using the English suffix -ics

The earliest known usage of mechatronics in English dates from the 20th century.