Where does “technocratism” come from?
technocratism (English) comes from English technocrat, from English technocracy, from English techno-, from Ancient Greek τεχνο-, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
technocratism (English): Advocacy or partisanship in support of technocracy
Definitions
- Advocacy or partisanship in support of technocracy
Ancestry of “technocratism”, step by step
technocratism traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English technocrat
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | technocrat | An advocate of technocracy; An expert in some... |
| 2 | English | technocracy | A system of governance where people who are... |
| 3 | English | techno- | Relating to technology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνο- | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English ism
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ism | An ideology, system of thought, or practice that... |
| 2 | English | -ism | Used to form nouns of action or process or result... |
| 3 | Latin | -ismus | -ism |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -ισμός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -μός | Forms abstract nouns |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | -mós | Creates action/result nouns from verb stems |