- 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.
combining form
- craft or arttechnology; technography
- technological or technicaltechnocracy
- relating to or using technologytechnophobia
word-forming element, from Greek tekhno-, combining form of tekhne “art, skill, craft, method, system,” probably from PIE root *tek- “shape, make” (cf. Sanskrit taksan “carpenter,” Latin texere “to weave;” see texture).