Where does “technical tee” come from?
technical tee (English) comes from English technical, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, 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...
technical tee (English): A T-shirt made of a technical fabric which draws...
Definitions
- A T-shirt made of a technical fabric which draws...
Ancestry of “technical tee”, step by step
technical tee traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English technical
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | technical | Of or pertaining to the useful or mechanic arts,... |
| 2 | Latin | technicus | technical |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τεχνικός | technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining... |
| 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 tee
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | tee | The name of the Latin-script letter T; Something... |
| 2 | Middle English | teen | — |
| 3 | Old English | tēon | to drag, draw, pull; to train, discipline; to... |
| 4 | Old English | tēohan | — |
| 5 | Proto-West Germanic | teuhan | to pull; to lead |
| 6 | Proto-Germanic | teuhaną | to lead; to pull behind oneself, draw, drag |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | dewk- | to pull, to draw; to lead |