technicus

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin technicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛx.niˌkʏs/

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• Hyphenation: tech‧ni‧cus

Noun

technicus m (plural technici, no diminutive)

1. a technician, a technical expert

Descendants

• → Indonesian: teknikus, teknisi

Latin

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *teḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *tetḱ-

Proto-Indo-European *téḱ-sneh₂der.

Ancient Greek τέχνη (tékhnē)

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Hellenic *-kos

Ancient Greek -κός (-kós)

Ancient Greek -ικός (-ikós)

Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós)bor.

Latin technicus

Borrowed from Ancient Greek τεχνικός (tekhnikós, “skillful, artistic”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛkʰ.nɪ.kʊs]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈtɛk.ni.kus]

Adjective

technicus (feminine technica, neuter technicum); first/second-declension adjective

1. technical

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

	singular				plural
	masculine	feminine	neuter		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	technicus	technica	technicum		technicī	technicae	technica
genitive	technicī	technicae	technicī		technicōrum	technicārum	technicōrum
dative	technicō	technicae	technicō		technicīs
accusative	technicum	technicam	technicum		technicōs	technicās	technica
ablative	technicō	technicā	technicō		technicīs
vocative	technice	technica	technicum		technicī	technicae	technica

Descendants

• Catalan: tècnic
• French: technique
• Galician: técnico
• Italian: tecnico
• Ladin: tecnich
• Portuguese: técnico
• Romanian: tehnic
• Spanish: técnico

References

• “technicus”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “technicus”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.