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Where does “Architektonik” come from?

Architektonik (German) comes from German architektonisch, from Latin architectonicus, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτεκτονικός, from Ancient Greek ἀρχιτέκτων, from Ancient Greek τέκτων, from Proto-Hellenic téktōn, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱō, from Proto-Indo-European tetḱ- — to sire, beget.

Architektonik (German): architectonics

Definitions

  1. architectonics

Ancestry of “Architektonik”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Germanarchitektonischarchitectural
2Latinarchitectonicus—
3Ancient Greekἀρχιτεκτονικός—
4Ancient Greekἀρχιτέκτωνchief constructor, master builder, architect
5Ancient Greekτέκτωνone who works with wood: carpenter, builder; any...
6Proto-Hellenictéktōn—
7Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱōcarpenter
8Proto-Indo-Europeantetḱ-to create, produce; to cut, hew
9Proto-Indo-Europeanteḱ-to sire, beget
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