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Where does “tech” come from?

Tech is a back-formation from English technician, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European -yós through Proto-Italic -os and various Latin masculine suffixes.

tech (English): technology; technician; technique

Definitions

  1. technology; technician; technique

Ancestry of “tech”, step by step

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

Words derived from “tech”

  • touchy
  • techie
  • touchiness
  • cleantech
  • pyrotechny
  • techy
  • infotech
  • touchily
  • nontech
  • nontechie
  • techspeak
  • technote
  • techiness
  • techily
  • techdom
  • ghettotech
  • aggrotech
  • neurotech
  • techland
  • untechy
  • tech-head
  • astrotech
  • downteching
  • techstep
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