Etymology

treknobabble

trek·no·bab·ble
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Today it means: A kind of technobabble particular to the Star Trek universe, with a particularly heavy emphasis on configurations of pseudoscientific particles and waves. Full definition →

English technobabble ← Ancient Greek τεχνο- (tekhno-) ← Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂
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  1. EnglishTrek
  2. Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*tetḱ-
  4. Proto-Indo-European*téḱ-sneh₂
  5. Ancient Greekτέχνη (tékhnē)
  6. Ancient Greekτεχνο- (tekhno-)
  7. Englishtechno-
  8. Englishbabble
  9. Englishtechnobabble
  10. English todaytreknobabble

Blend of Trek + technobabble.

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