Where does “loctician” come from?
loctician (English) comes from English beautician, from English technician, from English technic, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
loctician (English): A hairdresser who styles the hair into dreadlocks
Definitions
- A hairdresser who styles the hair into dreadlocks
Ancestry of “loctician”, step by step
loctician traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English beautician
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | beautician | One who does hair styling, manicures, and other... |
| 2 | English | technician | A person who studies or practises technology |
| 3 | English | technic | The method of performance in any art; technique;... |
| 4 | Latin | technicus | technical |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τεχνικός | technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English locks
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | locks | plural of lock; an head of hair, tresses;... |