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Where does “technology” come from?

Technology derives from Ancient Greek τέχνη meaning "craft" combined with Ancient Greek -λογία, itself from Ancient Greek λόγος meaning "word" or "account," from Ancient Greek λέγω meaning "to speak," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-.

technology (English): The organization of knowledge for practical...

Definitions

  1. The organization of knowledge for practical...

Ancestry of “technology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτεχνολογίαsystematic treatment of grammar
2Ancient Greekτεχνολόγοςtreating by rules of art; writer on the art of...
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 “technology”

  • technological
  • biotechnology
  • technologically
  • nanotechnology
  • biotechnological
  • technologist
  • nanotech
  • nanotechnological
  • nanobiotechnology
  • technologization
  • nontechnological
  • biotechnologically
  • microtechnology
  • nontechnology
  • bionanotechnology
  • agrotechnology
  • neurotechnology
  • antitechnology
  • pretechnological
  • ecotechnology
  • geotechnology
  • biotechnologist
  • cybertechnology
  • electrotechnology
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