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Where does “ταὐτολογία” come from?

ταὐτολογία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

ταὐτολογία (Ancient Greek): tautology

Definitions

  1. tautology

Ancestry of “ταὐτολογία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
2Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
3Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “ταὐτολογία”

  • tautology
  • tautological
  • tautologically
  • tautologous
  • nontautological
  • tautologously
  • tautologist
  • tautologize
  • tautologia
  • tautológico
  • tautología
  • トートロジー
  • tautologie
  • ταυτολογία
  • ტავტოლოგია
  • tautologia
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