词根：-machin-, -mechan-

【词根含义】：机器,机械

【词根来源】：希腊语中makhos(发明,工具)派生了mekhane和mekhanikos。-machin-来源于希腊语makhos在拉丁语中派生的machina(发明,工具); -mechan-来源于希腊语mekhanikos在拉丁语中派生的mechanicus。

【同源单词】：machine, machinery, mechanic, mechanical, mechanics

词根词缀：echino-, echin-

【来源及含义】Greek: spiny, prickly; sea urchin; hedgehog; [spiny] seed husk

【同源单词】echinate, echinidium, echinite, echinochrome, echinocyte, echinoderm

词根词缀：mechano-, mechan-; mechanico-; machin-

【来源及含义】Greek makhana, machana > Latin machina: machine, device, tool; an apparatus for applying mechanical power to do work; mekhanikos > machynen, decide a course of action, contrive, plot contrivance; a machine or the workings of machines

【同源单词】aeromechanics, agricultural mechanics, backyard mechanic, biomechanical, biomechanics, dentomechanical