Where does “gentechnikfrei” come from?
gentechnikfrei (German) comes from German Gentechnik, 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...
gentechnikfrei (German): GM-free
Ancestry of “gentechnikfrei”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | German | Gentechnik | genetic engineering |
| 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... |