Etymology

technopop

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Today it means: An early synthpop genre with a cold, robotic sound. Full definition →

English pop ← Middle English populer ← Latin populāris
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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-Italic*poplos
  8. Old Latinpopulus
  9. Latinpopulus
  10. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  12. Latinpopulāri
  13. Old Frenchpopulaire
  14. Latinpopulāris
  15. Middle Englishpopuler
  16. Englishpopularclip.
  17. Englishpop
  18. English todaytechnopop

From techno- + pop.

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