Origin and etymology of the English words "Technic, technical, technique, technician, technology, architect and architecture"

The English words "Technic, technical, technique, technician and technology" are derived from Sanskrit root takṣan  तक्षन् meaning a wood-cutter, carpenter.  A takṣaka तक्षक is also known as carpenter)

Following are the words derived in different languages from takṣan  तक्षन् meaning a wood-cutter, carpenter.

"Technic, technical, technicality) and technics, technician,  technique; cf the element techni-, variant techno-,  technology; tectonic, architectonic, architect, architecture ; test (a shell, a cupel, a trial), testaceous, testudo—cf tester, testy, tête-à-tête; text, textile (adj, hence n), textual, texture (the surface of a material, especially as perceived by the sense of touch. a wall with a rough texture), context,  contextual, contexture, pretext; tissue; toga; toil (to work very hard or for a long time at something), a snare, toilet, toilette; telary, telarian, tiller of a boat; subtle; tectum, tegula, tegument, tile , thatch (a roof covering of straw, reeds, palm leaves, or a similar material), thatcher ; detect, detection, detective, detector, and protect, protection, protective, protector 

"takṣan तक्षन्  a wood-cutter, carpenter, takṣaka तक्षक

Greek word tekhnē, a working with the hands, a craft, manual skill, an art, art, is akin to Greek tektōn, Sanskritt takṣaka तक्षक, a carpenter, a builder, and Sanskrit  táksati


, he forms, constructs, carpenters; identical with táksati is Latin texere, to weave, hence to construct, with past participle textus; also the Hittite takkss- (taks-), to join, build


Greek tekhnē, a manual skill, and Greek tektōn, a carpenter, Latin tegere, to cover, and Latin texere, to weave are interrelated.  -tect , as in architect: from Greek -tektōn, a carpenter, a builder.

(1): Greek tekto-/tektōn has adjective tektonikos,  a carpenter, a builder, akin to tekhnē; English tectonic, TECHNICAL and ARCHITECT.

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