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techno-

a combining form borrowed from Greek where it meant “art,” “skill,” used in the formation of compound words with the meaning “technique,” “technology,” etc.: technography.

[Origin: comb. form repr. Gk téchné art, skill. See technic

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techno-
pref. Technology: technophobia.

[From techno(logy).]

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from Gk. tekhno-, combining form of tekhne "art, skill, craft, method, system," probably from PIE base *tek- "shape, make" (cf. Skt. taksan "carpenter," L. textere "to weave;" see texture). Technophile is attested from 1968; technophobe from 1965.

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