Where does “Technokrat” come from?
Technokrat (German) comes from English technocrat, from English technocracy, from English techno-, from Ancient Greek τεχνο-, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Technokrat (German): technocrat
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Ancestry of “Technokrat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | technocrat | An advocate of technocracy; An expert in some... |
| 2 | English | technocracy | A system of governance where people who are... |
| 3 | English | techno- | Relating to technology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνο- | — |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |