Etymology

technicolor

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Today it means: A colour process for motion pictures, developed and used in the twentieth century and known for its hyperrealistic, saturated levels of colour. Full definition →

English Technicolor ← Middle English colour ← Anglo-Norman colur
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technicolor · adjective, noun1

  1. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tetḱ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*téḱ-sneh₂
  4. Ancient Greekτεχνο- (tekhno-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*léǵ-e-ti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*légō
  8. Ancient Greekλέγω (légō)
  9. Ancient Greekτεχνολόγος (tekhnológos)
  10. Ancient Greekτεχνολογία (tekhnología)
  11. Englishtechnology
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
  14. Proto-Italic*kelōs
  15. Old Latincolōs
  16. Latincolor
  17. Old Frenchcolor
  18. Anglo-Normancolur
  19. Middle Englishcolour
  20. Englishcolor
  21. EnglishTechnicolor
  22. English todaytechnicolor

From Technicolor.

Technicolor · noun, adjective2

  1. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tetḱ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*téḱ-sneh₂
  4. Ancient Greekτεχνο- (tekhno-)
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*léǵ-e-ti
  7. Proto-Hellenic*légō
  8. Ancient Greekλέγω (légō)
  9. Ancient Greekτεχνολόγος (tekhnológos)
  10. Ancient Greekτεχνολογία (tekhnología)
  11. Englishtechnology
  12. Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
  14. Proto-Italic*kelōs
  15. Old Latincolōs
  16. Latincolor
  17. Old Frenchcolor
  18. Anglo-Normancolur
  19. Middle Englishcolour
  20. Englishcolor
  21. English todayTechnicolor

Blend of technology + color. A trademark (1916), in reference to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, where two of its three developers met.

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