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
- Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts,...
Ancestry of “technical”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Latin | technicus | technical |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τεχνικός | technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
Words derived from “technical”
- technically
- geotechnical
- technicality
- nontechnical
- sociotechnical
- untechnical
- pyrotechnical
- electrotechnical
- biotechnical
- polytechnical
- hypertechnical
- semitechnical
- technicalization
- nontechnically
- agrotechnical
- overtechnical
- geotechnically
- subtechnical
- technicalize
- technicalness
- supertechnical
- pseudotechnical
- sociotechnically
- medicotechnical