Where does “teknival” come from?
teknival (English) comes from French techno, 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 — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
teknival (English): A large free countercultural party with...
Definitions
- A large free countercultural party with...
Ancestry of “teknival”, step by step
teknival traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French techno
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | techno | techno |
| 2 | English | techno | A repetitive style of music originally produced... |
| 3 | English | technology | The organization of knowledge for practical... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολογία | systematic treatment of grammar |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολόγος | treating by rules of art; writer on the art of... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via French festival
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | festival | festival |
| 2 | English | festival | Pertaining to a feast or feast-day; An event or... |
| 3 | Old French | festival | — |
| 4 | Latin | fēstīvālis | Of or pertaining to a festival |
| 5 | Latin | fēstīvus | lively, festive, joyous, gay, merry |
| 6 | Latin | -īvus | Adjective suffix |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | -iHwós | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -wós | Creates adjectives from verb stems |