Etymology

technidilaton

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Today it means: A dilaton described using the technicolor model. Full definition →

English dilaton ← Ancient Greek ἰόν (ión) ← Proto-Hellenic *éimi
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  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. Englishtechnicolorbf.
  23. Englishtechni-
  24. Latindīlātō
  25. Old Frenchdilater
  26. Middle Englishdilaten
  27. Englishdilate
  28. Ancient Greekἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron)
  29. Latinēlectrum
  30. New Latinēlectricus
  31. Englishelectric
  32. Proto-Indo-European*h₁ey-
  33. Proto-Indo-European*h₁éyti
  34. Proto-Hellenic*éimi
  35. Ancient Greekἰόν (ión)
  36. Englishion
  37. Englishelectronbf.
  38. Englishdilaton
  39. English todaytechnidilaton

From techni- + dilaton.

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