Where does “techknowledgeable” come from?
techknowledgeable (English) comes 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, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “techknowledgeable”, step by step
techknowledgeable traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English technology
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | technology | The organization of knowledge for practical... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολογία | systematic treatment of grammar |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολόγος | treating by rules of art; writer on the art of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English knowledgeable
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | knowledgeable | Having knowledge, especially of a particular... |
| 2 | English | knowledge | The fact of knowing about something; general... |
| 3 | Middle English | knowleche | knowledge |
| 4 | Middle English | knowen | to know |
| 5 | Old English | cnāwan | to know, perceive, recognise; to know, recognise,... |
| 6 | Proto-West Germanic | knāan | to recognise, to know |
| 7 | Proto-Germanic | knēaną | to know, recognise, understand |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | ǵneh₃- | to know |