ματαιοτεχνία
Ancient Greek
noun
Definitions
- A useless art or skill.
Etymology
Affix from Ancient Greek μᾰ́ταιος (empty) + Ancient Greek τέχνη (art, skill, craft, cunning, craftsmanship, wile).
Origin
Ancient Greek
τέχνη
Gloss
art, skill, craft, cunning, craftsmanship, wile
Concept
Semantic Field
Emotions and values
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
芸
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- techne English
- techno- English
- technology English
- techna Latin
- technicus Latin
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- ματαιότης Ancient Greek
- μᾰ́ταιος Ancient Greek
- τέχνη Ancient Greek
- τεχνογράφος Ancient Greek
- *tetḱ- Proto-Indo-European
- τέχνη Greek (modern)
- τεχνητός Greek (modern)
- τεχνολογία Greek (modern)
- tekne Turkish
- טכנולוגיה Hebrew (modern)
- технологія Ukrainian