Where does “techiness” come from?
techiness (English) comes from English techy, 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 — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
techiness (English): Alternative form of tetchiness; The quality of...
Definitions
- Alternative form of tetchiness; The quality of...
Ancestry of “techiness”, step by step
techiness traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English techy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | techy | technical; Obsolete form of tetchy |
| 2 | English | tech | technology; technician; technique |
| 3 | English | technology | The organization of knowledge for practical... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολογία | systematic treatment of grammar |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολόγος | treating by rules of art; writer on the art of... |
| 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 Ness
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Ness | An Ulster princess and the mother of Conchobar mac Nessa and Findchoem in the Ulster Cycle of Irish mythology. Daughter of Eochaid Sálbuide. Also the mother of Cormac Cond Longas by incest with Conchobar mac Nessa |
| 2 | Middle English | nesse | — |
| 3 | Old English | næs | not, not at all; not; first/third-person singular... |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | nasją | foothill; headland; cape |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | néh₂s | nose |