FromOld Frenchmachine, borrowed fromLatinmachina, itself borrowed fromDoric Greekμᾱχᾰνᾱ́(mākhănā́,“machine, tool”). CompareFrenchmachine.
machinne f (pluralmachinnes)
- (Jersey)machine
2013 March, Geraint Jennings, “Mar martello”, inThe Town Crier[1], archived fromthe original on13 March 2016, page20:Dans les clios étout nou vait des tracteurs et desmachinnes tandi qu'lé travas du fèrmyi r'prend san rhythme coumme tréjous.- In the fields tractors andmachines can be seen too as farm work picks up again as always.
