tex · noun1
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TeX · proper noun2
- Ancient Greek · derived fromτέχνη
- English todayTeX
The letters of the name are meant to represent the capital Greek letters Τ (tau), Ε (epsilon), and Χ (chi), as TeX is an abbreviation of Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē), which is also the root word of technical.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekτέχνη all →
techne
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.