technosEtymologyFrom technology, by analogy with telos. The actual etymon of technology is τέχνη (tékhnē).technos means the technological means. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 95 out of 100.nounThe technological means.“But confusion persists because of the more contentious issue between the technos and the telos of music and art making in general, the instruments versus the purposes to which they are put, the means and the ends.”