English
Treknical
Blend of Trek (“Star Trek”) + technical.
A blend of Trek ‘Star Trek’ + technical
Proto-Indo-European *dreg- ‘to drag, scrape’
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Old Dutch *trekkan
Middle Dutch trekken
Dutch trekken
Afrikaans trek ‘to haul’
English Trek
Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create, produce’
Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂
Ancient Greek τέχνη ‘craft, skill’
Ancient Greek τεχνικός ‘artistic, skilful’
Late Latin technicus
English technical
Today it means
adj pertaining to treknobabble (the fake technical writing or speech featured in Star Trek).
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Treknical