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Where does “technical” come from?

Technical derives from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, which traces to Proto-Indo-European teḱ-, meaning to construct or fashion.

technical (English): Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts,...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts,...

Ancestry of “technical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latintechnicustechnical
2Ancient Greekτεχνικόςtechnical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining...
3Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
4Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
5Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
6Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
7Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “technical”

  • technically
  • geotechnical
  • technicality
  • nontechnical
  • sociotechnical
  • untechnical
  • pyrotechnical
  • electrotechnical
  • biotechnical
  • polytechnical
  • hypertechnical
  • technicalization
  • semitechnical
  • nontechnically
  • agrotechnical
  • overtechnical
  • geotechnically
  • subtechnical
  • technicalize
  • supertechnical
  • technicalness
  • pseudotechnical
  • sociotechnically
  • medicotechnical
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