myEtymology.com: English etymology of servomechanism

Etymology of the English word servomechanism

the English word servomechanism

derived from the English word servomotor

derived from the French word servomoteur

derived from the Latin word servus (slave; servant)

derived from the French word moteur

derived from the Latin word motor (mover)

derived from the Latin word motus (movement, motion; riot)

derived from the Latin word movere (move, stir, agitate)

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

using the French prefix servo-

derived from the French word servo-moteur

derived from the Latin word servus (slave; servant)

derived from the English word mechanism

derived from the Latin word mechanismus (mechanism)

derived from the Late Latin word mechanisma

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 prefix servo-

Word found in Modern English