The Rice University Neologisms Database

Etymology : This appears to come from clippings of the words architect, a person who plans and oversees the construction of buildings (in this case, it refers more specifically to Rice students majoring in architecture) and electronica, electronically made music, blended together. Architect is from either French architecte or Italian architetto, from Latin architectus, which is from the Greek ἀρχιτέκτων (ἀρχι- (archi- ‘chief, principle’) + τέκτων), meaning ‘builder’ or ‘craftsmen’, and electronica comes from electronic (music instrument that makes sounds according to electronic principles instead of by mechanical vibration) + -a (noun-forming suffix)