machinelike

Words with a similar base: machinelike

'machinelike'

[automatic.s.01] as in: resembling the unthinking functioning of a machine

Examples:
an automatic `thank you'
machinelike efficiency

Origins

					machinelike (English)
├── -like (English)
│   └── like (English)
│       └── liken (Middle English (1100-1500))
│           └── lician (Old English (ca. 450-1100))
└── machine (English)
    └── machine (Middle French (ca. 1400-1600))
        └── machina (Latin)
            ├── μαχανά (Ancient Greek (to 1453))
            └── μηχανή (Ancient Greek (to 1453))

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