-technycomb. form
Primary stress is retained by the usual stressed syllable of the preceding element and vowels may be reduced accordingly; see e.g.
hydrotechny n.Origin: A borrowing from Greek. Etymon: Greek -τεχνία.
Etymology: < ancient Greek -τεχνία (in e.g. κακοτεχνία cacotechny n.) < τέχνη art (see techno- comb. form) + -ία -y suffix3. Compare post-classical Latin -technia , French -technie , Italian -technia , formations in all of which are found from at least the 16th cent. (see pyrotechny n.).First attested in the late 16th cent. in the Greek loan mataeotechny n., and slightly later in pyrotechny n., an adaptation of a word from either post-classical Latin, Italian, or French. Formations within English are found from the first half of the 18th cent., although compare the 17th-cent. form psychrotechne (see psychrotechny n.). Combining with first elements of Greek origin.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online June 2021).