Where does “elektrotekniker” come from?
elektrotekniker (Danish) comes from Danish elektroteknik, from Danish teknik, from French technique, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
elektrotekniker (Danish): electrical engineer; electrotechnician
Definitions
- electrical engineer; electrotechnician
Ancestry of “elektrotekniker”, step by step
elektrotekniker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Danish elektroteknik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | elektroteknik | electrical engineering |
| 2 | Danish | teknik | technique; technology; engineering |
| 3 | French | technique | technical; technique, technology |
| 4 | Latin | technicus | technical |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τεχνικός | technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Danish er
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Danish | er | present of være; are |