How to spell technology

hear ittech·nol·o·gy/tɛk'nɑlədʒi/nounSilent and tricky

What it means: Machines and tools developed from scientific knowledge to help people.

In a sentence: Technology helps us call our friends on video chat.

The part people get wrong

Often misspelled as tecnology or technolgy.

Same family: technological, technologist, high-tech, information-technology, digital. If you can spell one, the shared part carries to the others.

Where it comes from: Technology comes from the Greek words 'téchnē' meaning 'art, craft, or skill' and 'logia' meaning 'study of.' Originally, it referred more to the study of practical arts than to machines and computers, which is how many people think of it today.

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