Proto-Indo-European

*tetḱ-

‘to create, produce’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-.

27 English words in this record descend from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-, most familiar first.

• technical ← τεχνικός ← τέχνη ← *téḱ-sneh₂
• technique ← τεχνικός ← τέχνη ← *téḱ-sneh₂
• architecture ← architectūra ← architectus ← ἀρχιτέκτων ← τέκτων
• architect ← architecte ← architectus ← ἀρχιτέκτων ← τέκτων
• arch ← architecture ← architecture ← architectūra ← architectus
• textile ← textilis ← texō ← *teksō
• pretext ← praetextum ← praetexō ← texō ← *teksō
• polytechnic ← polytechnique ← technique ← τεχνικός ← τέχνη
• tectonics ← τέκτων ← *téktōn ← *tétḱō
• technic ← technicus ← τέχνη ← *téḱ-sneh₂
• tassie ← tasse ← tasse ← طَاس ← tšt'
• technetium ← τεχνητός ← τέχνη ← *téḱ-sneh₂

More words from *tetḱ-

• tela
• architectonic
• tazza
• demitasse
• techne
• tessitura
• tekton
• architector
• dassie
• daxophone
• subtility
• tasseomancy
• tassology
• tectology
• timoneer

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-