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1540s, "structure of any kind," from Middle French: machine "device, contrivance,"

from Latin: machina "machine, engine, military machine; device, trick; instrument" (compare Spanish: maquina, Italian: macchina),

From Greek: makhana, Doric variant of mekhane"device, means,"

related to mekhos "means, expedient, contrivance,"

from Proto Indo-European *maghana- "that which enables,"

from root *magh- "to be able, have power" (compare Old Church Slavonic: mogo "be able," Old English: mæg "I can;"

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