Etymology

technoromanticism

Today it means: The theory of links between art and new technologies, within the context of the threats posed to nature by technoscience and economic development. Full definition →

English romanticism ← Old French romaunt ← Vulgar Latin rōmānicē
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  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. LatinRōma
  8. LatinRōmānus
  9. Latinrōmānicus
  10. Vulgar Latinrōmānicē
  11. Old Frenchromanz
  12. Old Frenchromaunt
  13. Englishromant
  14. Englishromantic
  15. Englishromanticism
  16. English todaytechnoromanticism

From techno- + romanticism, coined by Stéphan Barron between 1991 and 1996.

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