'non-technological' originates from the prefix 'non-' meaning 'not' and 'technological' from 'technology', which comes from Greek 'tekhnologia', where 'tekhnē' meant 'art, skill' and '-logia' meant 'study of'.

'non-technological' was formed by adding the prefix 'non-' to 'technological', which evolved from the Greek 'tekhnologia'.

Initially, it meant 'not involving technology', and this meaning has largely remained the same in modern usage.