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 téchnē art, skill. See technic
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.
