The English term polytechnic appeared in the early 19th century, from the French École Polytechnique, an engineering school founded in 1794 in Paris. The French term comes from the Greek πολύ (polú or polý) meaning "many" and τεχνικός (tekhnikós) meaning "arts". COUNT 3
QSN1 In what century did the term polytechnic first show up? ANS1 19th century QSN2 What school founded in 1794 first used a form of the word polytechnic in its name? ANS2 École Polytechnique QSN3 What language does the French word polytechnique come from? ANS3 Greek