Where does “ghettotech” come from?
ghettotech (English) comes from English ghetto, from Italian ghetto, from Italian borghetto, from Italian -etto, from English -et, from Middle English -et, from Old French -et, from Latin -ātus — Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality.
ghettotech (English): A form of electronic dance music from Chicago,...
Definitions
- A form of electronic dance music from Chicago,...
Ancestry of “ghettotech”, step by step
ghettotech traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English ghetto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ghetto | An area of a city in which Jews are concentrated... |
| 2 | Italian | ghetto | ghetto |
| 3 | Italian | borghetto | hamlet; shanty town |
| 4 | Italian | -etto | Alterative suffix used to form melioratives,... |
| 5 | English | -et | Used to form diminutives, loosely construed |
| 6 | Middle English | -et | Forms diminutive nouns from nouns; in some words,... |
| 7 | Old French | -et | Used to form a diminutive, masculine noun;... |
| 8 | Latin | -ātus | ed |
| 9 | Proto-Italic | -ātos | — |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | -éh₂tos | Forms adjectives from nouns, indicating the possession of a thing or a quality |
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... |