Where does “polytechnique” come from?

polytechnique (French) comes from French technique, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

polytechnique (French): polytechnic

Definitions

polytechnic

Ancestry of “polytechnique”, step by step

Step	Language	Word	Meaning
1	French	technique	technical; technique, technology
2	Latin	technicus	technical
3	Ancient Greek	τεχνικός	technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining...
4	Ancient Greek	τέχνη	craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
5	Ancient Greek	-λογία	Base for nouns denoting the study of something,...
6	Ancient Greek	λόγος	That which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7	Ancient Greek	λέγω	I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8	Proto-Indo-European	leǵ-	to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

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