Where does “geotechnique” come from?
geotechnique (English) comes from English technique, 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...
geotechnique (English): geotechnical engineering, or any technique used in this branch
Definitions
- geotechnical engineering, or any technique used in this branch
Ancestry of “geotechnique”, step by step
geotechnique traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English technique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | technique | The practical aspects of a given art, occupation... |
| 2 | French | technique | technical; technique, technology |
| 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... |