Where does “big tech” come from?
big tech (Portuguese) comes from English Big Tech, from English tech, from English technology, from Ancient Greek τεχνολογία, from Ancient Greek τεχνολόγος, from Ancient Greek τέχνη, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
big tech (Portuguese): big tech
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Ancestry of “big tech”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | Big Tech | The largest, most dominant, and most prestigious companies in the information technology industry of the United States |
| 2 | English | tech | technology; technician; technique |
| 3 | English | technology | The organization of knowledge for practical... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολογία | systematic treatment of grammar |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | τεχνολόγος | treating by rules of art; writer on the art of... |
| 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... |