Where does “technoliterary” come from?
technoliterary (English) comes from English techno, 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 — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
technoliterary (English): Involving technology and literature
Definitions
- Involving technology and literature
Ancestry of “technoliterary”, step by step
technoliterary traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English techno
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | techno | A repetitive style of music originally produced... |
| 2 | English | technology | The organization of knowledge for practical... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολογία | systematic treatment of grammar |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολόγος | treating by rules of art; writer on the art of... |
| 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 literary
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | literary | Relating to literature; Relating to writers, or... |
| 2 | French | littéraire | literary |
| 3 | Latin | litterarius | literary: Of or about literature or writing |
| 4 | Latin | littera | a letter of the alphabet; handwriting; letter,... |
| 5 | Latin | lītera | — |
| 6 | Old Latin | leitera | — |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂leyH- | to smear |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leyh₂- | to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,... |