Where does “teknetium” come from?
teknetium (Malay) comes from English technetium, from Ancient Greek τεχνητός, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
teknetium (Malay): technetium
Definitions
- technetium
Ancestry of “teknetium”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | technetium | A metallic chemical element with an atomic... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | τεχνητός | artificial, manmade |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | τέχνη | craft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |