Etymology

technical

tech·ni·cal
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Ancient Greek τεχνικός
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromτεχνικός
  2. English todaytechnical

From Late Latin technicus + -al, from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós), from τέχνη (tékhnē, “skill”). For the late 20th-century origin of the noun sense (vehicle), see Wikipedia.

Words from the same roots

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