Where does “mataeotechny” come from?
mataeotechny (English) comes from Ancient Greek ματαιοτεχνία, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
mataeotechny (English): An unprofitable or pointless science, skill, or...
Definitions
- An unprofitable or pointless science, skill, or...
Ancestry of “mataeotechny”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Ancient Greek | ματαιοτεχνία | A useless art or skill |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |