Where does “elektrotekniko” come from?
elektrotekniko (Ido) comes from Russian электротехника, from Russian те́хника, 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...
elektrotekniko (Ido): electrical engineering
Definitions
- electrical engineering
Ancestry of “elektrotekniko”, step by step
elektrotekniko traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via Russian электротехника
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian | электротехника | electrical engineering |
| 2 | Russian | те́хника | technics |
| 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... |
via Esperanto elektrotekniko
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Esperanto | elektrotekniko | electrical engineering |
| 2 | Esperanto | elektro- | electro- |
| 3 | Esperanto | elektro | electricity |
| 4 | New Latin | ēlectricus | — |
| 5 | New Latin | ēlectrum | — |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | ἤλεκτρον | amber; alloy of gold and silver, electrum |
via Italian elettrotecnica
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | elettrotecnica | electric technology; feminine singular of... |
| 2 | Italian | tecnica | technique; feminine singular of tecnico |
| 3 | Italian | tecnico | technical; technician; engineer |