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Where does “τεχνολογία” come from?

τεχνολογία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek τεχνολόγος, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

τεχνολογία (Ancient Greek): systematic treatment of grammar

Definitions

  1. systematic treatment of grammar

Ancestry of “τεχνολογία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτεχνολόγοςtreating by rules of art; writer on the art of...
2Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “τεχνολογία”

  • technology
  • technological
  • biotechnology
  • technologically
  • nanotechnology
  • biotechnological
  • technologist
  • nanotech
  • nanotechnological
  • nanobiotechnology
  • technologization
  • nontechnological
  • biotechnologically
  • microtechnology
  • nontechnology
  • bionanotechnology
  • agrotechnology
  • neurotechnology
  • antitechnology
  • pretechnological
  • ecotechnology
  • geotechnology
  • biotechnologist
  • cybertechnology
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