supertechnological

English

Alternative forms

• super-technological

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *úp

Proto-Indo-European *-er

Proto-Indo-European *upér

Proto-Italic *super

Latin super

Latin super-lbor.

English super-

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂der.

Ancient Greek τεχνο- (tekhno-)

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-der.

Proto-Indo-European *léǵ-e-ti

Proto-Hellenic *légō

Ancient Greek λέγω (légō)

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Hellenic *-os

Ancient Greek -ος (-os)

Ancient Greek -λόγος (-lógos)

Ancient Greek τεχνολόγος (tekhnológos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek τεχνολογία (tekhnología)lbor.

English technology

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

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Latin -icusbor.

Middle English -ic

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

Middle English -ical

English -ical

English technological

English supertechnological

From super- + technological.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

supertechnological (comparative more supertechnological, superlative most supertechnological)

1. Of, pertaining to, or using highly advanced technology
   • 1984, Joel Kovel, Against the State of Nuclear Terror:

     Are we then to resume the next round of supertechnological missiles?

2. (rare) Beyond or superseding the technological.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edmund S. C. Weiner, editors (1989), “supertechnological”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, →ISBN.