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Where does “elektrotechniek” come from?

elektrotechniek (Dutch) comes from Dutch techniek, from French technique, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

elektrotechniek (Dutch): electrical engineering

Definitions

  1. electrical engineering

Ancestry of “elektrotechniek”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Dutchtechniektechnique, technical skill; technics; technology
2Frenchtechniquetechnical; technique, technology
3Latintechnicustechnical
4Ancient Greekτεχνικόςtechnical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining...
5Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
6Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
7Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
8Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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