Where does “biotechnician” come from?
biotechnician (English) comes from English technician, from English technic, 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...
biotechnician (English): A technician who works in a biological or...
Definitions
- A technician who works in a biological or...
Ancestry of “biotechnician”, step by step
biotechnician traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English technician
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | technician | A person who studies or practises technology |
| 2 | English | technic | The method of performance in any art; technique;... |
| 3 | Latin | technicus | technical |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνικός | technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining... |
| 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... |
via English Bio
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Bio | Abbreviation of biology |
| 2 | English | biology | The study of all life or living matter; The... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | βίος | life |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | Γένεσις | Genesis. The title of the first book of the Bible and Pentateuch as in the Septuagint translation in Greek |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | génetis | origin, source |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵénh₁tis | birth, production |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵenh₁- | to produce, to beget, to give birth |