Where does “techdom” come from?
techdom (English) comes 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, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
techdom (English): The world or sphere of technology
Definitions
- The world or sphere of technology
Ancestry of “techdom”, step by step
techdom traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English tech
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tech | technology; technician; technique |
| 2 | English | technology | The organization of knowledge for practical... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολογία | systematic treatment of grammar |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολόγος | treating by rules of art; writer on the art of... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English DOM
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | DOM | Initialism of date of marriage; Initialism of... |
| 2 | English | dominance | The state of being dominant; of prime importance;... |
| 3 | English | -ance | Added to an adjective or verb to form a noun... |
| 4 | Middle English | -aunce | Forms nouns indicating states or processes, usually from verbs or other nouns; -ance |
| 5 | Old French | -ance | ance (suffix used to form nouns) |
| 6 | Latin | -ia | Used to form a feminine abstract noun, usually... |
| 7 | Latin | -ius | forming adjectives from nouns; nominative neuter... |
| 8 | Proto-Italic | -jōs | Forms comparative adjectives |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | -yós | Creates adjectives from noun or verb stems |