Where does “Tontechniker” come from?
Tontechniker (German) comes from German Techniker, from German Technik, from French technique, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Tontechniker (German): sound engineer
Definitions
- sound engineer
Ancestry of “Tontechniker”, step by step
Tontechniker traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Techniker
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Techniker | technician, technologist, engineer |
| 2 | German | Technik | technique; technology |
| 3 | French | technique | technical; technique, technology |
| 4 | Latin | technicus | technical |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τεχνικός | technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via German tōn
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | tōn | clay |
| 2 | Middle High German | tōn | — |
| 3 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 5 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |