Where does “technique” come from?

technique (French) comes 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...

technique (French): technical; technique, technology

Definitions

technical; technique, technology

Ancestry of “technique”, step by step

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

Words derived from “technique”

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