Meanings
prefix
- natural sciencesDescribed using the technicolor model.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*teḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*tetḱ-
- Proto-Indo-European*téḱ-sneh₂
- Ancient Greekτεχνο- (tekhno-)
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*léǵ-e-ti
- Proto-Hellenic*légō
- Ancient Greekλέγω (légō)
- Ancient Greekτεχνολόγος (tekhnológos)
- Ancient Greekτεχνολογία (tekhnología)
- Englishtechnology
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ḱélōs
- Proto-Italic*kelōs
- Old Latincolōs
- Latincolor
- Old Frenchcolor
- Anglo-Normancolur
- Middle Englishcolour
- Englishcolor
- EnglishTechnicolor
- Englishtechnicolorbf.
- Englishtechni-
Back-formation from technicolor.
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
techni-. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/techni-
MLA
“techni-.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/techni-. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “techni-,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/techni-.
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