English
technicist
From technic + -ist.
Formed from technic + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ- ‘to create, produce’
Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂
Ancient Greek τέχνη ‘skill, art’
Latin technicus ‘technical’
English technic
Today it means
noun One skilled in technics or in the practical arts.
Sources
Sources: Wiktionary, “technicist”. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.
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