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Where does “high-tech” come from?

high-tech (English) comes from English hi-tech, from English tech, from English technology, from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία, from Ancient Greek τεχνολόγος, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

high-tech (English): Alternative spelling of hi-tech

Definitions

  1. Alternative spelling of hi-tech

Ancestry of “high-tech”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhi-techOf, or using high technology
2Englishtechtechnology; technician; technique
3EnglishtechnologyThe organization of knowledge for practical...
4Ancient Greekτεχνολογίαsystematic treatment of grammar
5Ancient Greekτεχνολόγοςtreating by rules of art; writer on the art of...
6Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
7Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “high-tech”

  • high-techness
  • ハイテク
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