Interestingly, this actually gets closer to the original root meaning of the word than what it tends to mean these days: > TECHNOLOGY: 1610s, "a discourse or t

Interestingly, this actually gets closer to the original root meaning of the word than what it tends to mean these days: > TECHNOLOGY: 1610s, "a discourse or treatise on an art or the arts," from Greek tekhnologia "systematic treatment of an art, craft, or technique," originally referring to grammar, from tekhno- (see techno-) + -logy. The meaning "study of mechanical and industrial arts" (Century Dictionary, 1902, gives examples of "spinning, metal-working, or brewing") is first recorded 1859. Source: http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=technology http://etymonline.com/index.php?term=technology