machina

Japanese: machina
machina

… The Dutch and English word machine is originally derived from the Greek mechane, which passed into Latin as machina, and was passed down to all modern European languages. According to Heron of Alexandria, the Greek mechanes were levers, wheels, wedges, screws, and pulleys. …

*Some of the terminology that mentions "machina" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

… オランダ語や英語のmachineはもとギリシア語のメカネmēchanēからできた語である。メカネがラテン語に入ってマキナmachinaになり,それがヨーロッパの各近代語に変わったのである。ギリシアでメカネと呼ばれたものは,アレクサンドリアのヘロンによれば,てこ,ろくろ,くさび,ねじ,滑車である。…

※「machina」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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