Where does “Techspressionism” come from?
Techspressionism (English) comes from English expressionism, from French expressionnisme, from French expression, from Middle French expression, from Latin expressio, from Latin -tiō, from Latin dissertātiō, from Latin dissertus — small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble.
Techspressionism (English): An artistic approach in which technology is used as a means to express emotional experience
Definitions
- An artistic approach in which technology is used as a means to express emotional experience
Ancestry of “Techspressionism”, step by step
Techspressionism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English expressionism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | expressionism | A movement in the arts in which the artist did... |
| 2 | French | expressionnisme | expressionism |
| 3 | French | expression | expression |
| 4 | Middle French | expression | — |
| 5 | Latin | expressio | expulsion; expression, pressing |
| 6 | Latin | -tiō | tion, -ation, -ing |
| 7 | Latin | dissertātiō | (spoken) dissertation, discourse, disquisition |
| 8 | Latin | dissertus | arranged, disposed; explained |
| 9 | Latin | disserere | second-person singular future passive indicative... |
| 10 | Latin | dis- | asunder, apart, in two; reversal, removal;... |
| 11 | Latin | calceus | shoe |
| 12 | Latin | calx | limestone; chalk; the finish line |
| 13 | Ancient Greek | χάλιξ | small stone, pebble; gravel, rubble |
via English tech
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tech | technology; technician; technique |
| 2 | English | technology | The organization of knowledge for practical... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολογία | systematic treatment of grammar |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολόγος | treating by rules of art; writer on the art of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |