Where does “chreotechnics” come from?
chreotechnics (English) comes from English technics, 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...
chreotechnics (English): The science of the useful arts, especially...
Definitions
- The science of the useful arts, especially...
Ancestry of “chreotechnics”, step by step
chreotechnics traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English technics
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | technics | plural of technic |
| 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 Ancient Greek χρεία
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | χρεία | need, want, necessity; business, purpose; use |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | χρή | have to, ought, should |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -άω | Forms verbs, usually from nouns in |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | -eh₂yéti | Creates iterative/ frequentative/ intensive... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | -yéti | Creates intransitive, often deponent,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | yé- | — |
| 7 | Chichewa | iye | he, she |