mechanic的词源

英文词源

mechanic (adj.)

late 14c., "pertaining to or involving mechanical labor" (now usually mechanical), also "having to do with tools," from Latin mechanicus, from Greek mekhanikos "full of resources, inventive, ingenious," literally "mechanical, pertaining to machines," from mekhane (see machine (n.)). Meaning "of the nature of or pertaining to machines" is from 1620s.

mechanic (n.)

"manual laborer," late 14c., from Latin mechanicus, from Greek mekhanikos "an engineer," noun use of adjective meaning "full of resources, inventive, ingenious" (see mechanic (adj.)). Sense of "one who is employed in manual labor, a handicraft worker, an artisan" (chief sense through early 19c.) is attested from 1560s. Sense of "skilled workman who is concerned with making or repair of machinery" is from 1660s, but not the main sense until the rise of the automobile.

中文词源

mechanic：机械的，机械师，技工

来自拉丁mechanicus,机械师，来自machina,机械，引擎，工具，词源同machine.

mechanic 与 machine 是同源词，但为啥拼写中ch的读音不同呢？因为，虽然都是希腊词源，但mechanic是英语经由拉丁语借自希腊语，ch的读音保留了/k/音，但machine经由法语，ch音腭音化为/ʃ/。

该词的英语词源请访问趣词词源英文版：mechanic 词源，mechanic 含义。

mechanic：技工，机修工

词根词缀： -mechan-机器,机械 + -ic名词词尾