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Where does “high-techness” come from?

high-techness (English) comes from English high-tech, 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 — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

high-techness (English): The quality or state of being high-tech

Definitions

  1. The quality or state of being high-tech

Ancestry of “high-techness”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishhigh-techAlternative spelling of hi-tech
2Englishhi-techOf, or using high technology
3Englishtechtechnology; technician; technique
4EnglishtechnologyThe organization of knowledge for practical...
5Ancient Greekτεχνολογίαsystematic treatment of grammar
6Ancient Greekτεχνολόγοςtreating by rules of art; writer on the art of...
7Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
8Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
9Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
10Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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