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Where does “tèhnika” come from?

tèhnika (Serbo-Croatian) comes from Ancient Greek τεχνικός, 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...

Ancestry of “tèhnika”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekτεχνικόςtechnical; artistic, skillful; of or pertaining...
2Ancient Greekτέχνηcraft, skill, trade; art; cunning, wile
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “tèhnika”

  • agrotehnika
  • elektrotehnika
  • tehničarka
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