Where does “teknokrat” come from?
teknokrat (Indonesian) comes from Dutch technocraat, 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 — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
teknokrat (Indonesian): technocrat
Definitions
- technocrat
Ancestry of “teknokrat”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | technocraat | technocrat |
| 2 | English | technocrat | An advocate of technocracy; An expert in some... |
| 3 | English | technocracy | A system of governance where people who are... |
| 4 | English | techno- | Relating to technology |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τεχνο- | — |
| 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... |