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technic
Technic comes from Latin technicus ‘technical’, from Ancient Greek τέχνη ‘skill, art’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create, produce’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tetḱ-‘to create, produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*téḱ-sneh₂reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέχνηtékhnē‘skill, art’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtechnicus‘technical’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916technic
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*tetḱ-‘to create, produce’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*téḱ-sneh₂reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEτέχνηtékhnē‘skill, art’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEtechnicus‘technical’
- Englishearliest quotation 1916technic
Earliest quotation: 1916, H P Lovecraft, H.P. Lovecraft's Writings in the United Amateur (1915-1922): “Mother Gooseries from the Convention", by Emilie C. Holladay,…”
The story
Partly from Latin technicus and partly from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós); probably modelled on German Technik.
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create, produce’
architecture, arch, textile, pretext, tassie, tectonics, tela, 19 more
Today it means
noun Technique.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- / technic