τέκτων
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- one who works with wood: carpenter, builder
- any craftsman (but generally opposed to metalworker, smith)
- a master of any art, such as gymnastics, poetry, or medicine or engineering
- author, creator, planner
Etymology
Inherited from Proto-Hellenic *téktōn inherited from Proto-Indo-European *tetḱō (carpenter).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*tetḱō
Gloss
carpenter
Concept
Semantic Field
Basic actions and technology
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- architect English
- shahdom English
- architectus Latin
- architectūra Latin
- tectonicus Latin
- architecte French
- Κτήσιππος Ancient Greek
- Φιλοκτήτης Ancient Greek
- κτάομαι Ancient Greek
- κτέανον Ancient Greek
- κτέαρ Ancient Greek
- κτητικός Ancient Greek
- κτῆμα Ancient Greek
- κτῆνος Ancient Greek
- κτῆσις Ancient Greek
- σατράπης Ancient Greek
- τεκτονικός Ancient Greek
- ἀρχιτέκτων Ancient Greek
- Ἐπίκτητος Ancient Greek
- *tek- Proto-Indo-European
- *tetḱō Proto-Indo-European
- *tk-éh₂- Proto-Indo-European
- *þigjaną Proto-Germanic
- क्षत्रिय Sanskrit
- तक्षन् Sanskrit
- arhitekts Latvian
- թեզան Old Armenian
- թեքեմ Old Armenian
- architecte Norman
- architecte Middle French
- архітектор Ukrainian
- *kšatrám Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kšatríyas Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *kšáyati Proto-Indo-Iranian
- *táṭṣā Proto-Indo-Aryan
- 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠𐭭 𐭬𐭫𐭪𐭠 Middle Persian
- 𐏋 Old Persian
- *téktōn Proto-Hellenic
- *satellus Old Latin
- *xšaθrapāwan- xme-old