The word “engine” derives from the Latin ingenium (c. 1250), meaning “innate quality, especially mental power.”
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Jamal
on February 23, 2012
Origin: 1250–1300; ME engin < AF, OF < L ingenium nature, innate quality, esp. mental power, hence a clever invention, equiv. to in- + -genium, equiv. to gen- begetting; Source: Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Random House, Inc. 2006.
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Maybe cars are smarter than we think.
I never thought of that. That's pretty ingenious!