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Where does “techy” come from?

techy (English) comes from English tech, 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...

techy (English): technical; Obsolete form of tetchy

Definitions

  1. technical; Obsolete form of tetchy

Ancestry of “techy”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishtechtechnology; technician; technique
2EnglishtechnologyThe organization of knowledge for practical...
3Ancient Greekτεχνολογίαsystematic treatment of grammar
4Ancient Greekτεχνολόγοςtreating by rules of art; writer on the art of...
5Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
6Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
7Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
8Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
9Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “techy”

  • touchy
  • touchiness
  • touchily
  • techiness
  • techily
  • untechy
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