Etymology

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Today it means: Technique. Full definition →

Latin technicus ← Ancient Greek τεχνικός ← German Technik
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  1. German · derived fromTechnik
  2. Ancient Greek · borrowed fromτεχνικός
  3. Latin · borrowed fromtechnicus
  4. English todaytechnic

Partly from Latin technicus and partly from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós); probably modelled on German Technik. Doublet of technique.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekτεχνικός all →

technicaltechnique

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