English

techno-

Techno- comes from Ancient Greek τέχνη ‘craft, skill, trade’, and goes back to 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‘craft, skill, trade’
Englishtodaytechno-

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

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‘craft, skill, trade’
Englishtodaytechno-

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create, produce’

architecture, arch, textile, pretext, tectonics, tassie, tela, 19 more

through Ancient Greek τέχνη ‘craft, skill, trade’

polytechnic, 5 more

Today it means

prefix Relating to technology.

Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.

Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- / techno-

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