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Where does “τέκτων” come from?

τέκτων (Ancient Greek) comes from Proto-Hellenic téktōn, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱō, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ-, from Proto-Indo-European teḱ- — to sire, beget.

τέκτων (Ancient Greek): one who works with wood: carpenter, builder; any...

Definitions

  1. one who works with wood: carpenter, builder; any...

Ancestry of “τέκτων”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Proto-Hellenictéktōn—
2Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱōcarpenter
3Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
4Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget

Words derived from “τέκτων”

  • architect
  • tectonic
  • tectonics
  • tectonically
  • neotectonic
  • geotectonic
  • syntectonic
  • seismotectonic
  • neotectonics
  • glaciotectonic
  • morphotectonic
  • geotectonics
  • palaeotectonic
  • nontectonic
  • posttectonic
  • nonarchitect
  • coarchitect
  • rearchitect
  • morphotectonics
  • tectology
  • glaciotectonics
  • tectonicist
  • geotectonically
  • tectological
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