Etymology

technoculture

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Today it means: Culture as influenced by technology, especially computer technology and the Internet. Full definition →

English culture ← Middle French culture ← Latin cultūra
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*tetḱ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*téḱ-sneh₂
  4. Ancient Greekτέχνη (tékhnē)
  5. Ancient Greekτεχνο- (tekhno-)
  6. Englishtechno-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*kʷelh₁-
  8. Proto-Indo-European*kʷélh₁eti
  9. Proto-Italic*kʷelō
  10. Latincolō
  11. Latincultūra
  12. Middle Frenchculture
  13. Englishculture
  14. English todaytechnoculture

From techno- + culture.

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