Where does “Tontechnikerin” come from?
Tontechnikerin (German) comes from German Tontechniker, from German Techniker, from German Technik, from French technique, from Latin technicus, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “Tontechnikerin”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Tontechniker | sound engineer |
| 2 | German | Techniker | technician, technologist, engineer |
| 3 | German | Technik | technique; technology |
| 4 | French | technique | technical; technique, technology |
| 5 | Latin | technicus | technical |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τεχνικός | technical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |