Where does “Technik” come from?
Technik (German) 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...
Technik (German): technique; technology
Definitions
- technique; technology
Ancestry of “Technik”, step by step
Technik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French technique
| 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... |
Words derived from “Technik”
- те́хника
- technika
- техника
- Energietechnik
- Raketentechnik
- Vakuumröhrentechnik
- Brennstoffzellentechnik
- Sicherheitstechnik
- Abbildungstechnik
- Lasertechnik
- Tieftemperaturtechnik
- Versorgungstechnik
- Lebensmitteltechnik
- Lichttechnik
- Fertigungstechnik
- Halbleitertechnik
- Schweißtechnik
- Werkstofftechnik
- Fahrzeugtechnik
- Digitaltechnik
- Zahntechnik
- Raumfahrttechnik
- Kryotechnik
- Elektrotechnik