Lore EA techno-
mid-19th century, "art, craft, skill"
later "technical, technology"
from Greek tekhno-, combining form of tekhnē "art, skill, craftsmanship, craft in work; method, system, an art, a system or method of making or doing"
from PIE teks-na- "craft" (of weaving or fabricating)
suffixed form of root teks- "to weave," also "to fabricate" (to make, construct; to invent; to train)
In the mind of a contemporary, up-to-date person, most terms related to techno- are associated with some sort of machine. However, these words, like technical or technology, existed long before the machines.
Then again, what is a machine?
| ~☉~ | lucid definition; added layer of lucidity, or aethereal context |
| ⚜ | classic definition |
| ☣ | artificium definition; usually words which have undergone a warped evolution, or a complete perversion of the original sense |