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Where does “electrotechnical” come from?

electrotechnical (English) comes from English technical, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

electrotechnical (English): Of or pertaining to electrotechnology

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to electrotechnology

Ancestry of “electrotechnical”, step by step

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