Learned Latin

Where the Romanian word “mecanic” comes from

Taken from written Latin.

DEX ’98 says

Homonym 1 (adj.): Din (I) lat. mechanica, it. meccanica, germ. Mechanik, fr. mécanique, (II) lat. mechanicus, it. meccanico, fr. mécanique, (III) lat. mechanicus, germ. Mechanike → Learned Latin · DEX '98

Homonym 2 (s.m.): Din (I) lat. mechanica, it. meccanica, germ. Mechanik, fr. mécanique, (II) lat. mechanicus, it. meccanico, fr. mécanique, (III) lat. mechanicus, germ. Mechanike → Learned Latin · DEX '98

Wiktionary says

Learned Latin (same language)

The route, according to Wiktionary

Latin mēchanicus ← French mécanique

In film dialogue

19 times per million words · number 2,699 among spoken words

In Wikipedia

74 times per million words

In Romanian prose, per million words

1825–1849	1850–1874	1875–1899	1900–1924	1925–1949
0.0	7.2	10	25	45

Swap in a synonym

automat (French), rigid (French), reflex (French), mecanizat (Made in Romanian), dogmatic (French), simplist (French), schematic (French)

Definition on dexonline · The word’s full card

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