What is the Daily Buzzword for May 27? technology \tek-NAH-luh-jee\ noun What does it mean? 1 : the use of science in solving problems (as in industry or engineering) 2 : a technical method of doing something How do you use it? One hundred years ago the telephone was still considered a new trend in technology and most households didn't have one. Are you a word wiz? Coincidentally, both "technology" and "telephone" entered English around the mid-1800s. And both words derive from the same language. Which of the following languages do you think these words come from? A. Hindu B. Japanese C. Greek D. German Answer: Good call if you chose C! "Technology" traces to the Greek noun "technologia," meaning "systematic treatment of an art." "Technologia" is a combination of the root words "techne," meaning "art, skill," and "logia," meaning "study of." "Telephone" was invented as a combination of the Greek roots "tele-," meaning "far off," and "phone," meaning "sound." The root "tele-" was also used by the French to invent the word "tilivision." "Television" found its way into English in the early 1900s, around the time that the earliest television technology was being developed.