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Where does “φιλολογία” come from?

φιλολογία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek φιλόλογος, from Ancient Greek -λόγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

φιλολογία (Ancient Greek): love of reasoning; love of learning, love of...

Definitions

  1. love of reasoning; love of learning, love of...

Ancestry of “φιλολογία”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekφιλόλογοςthat loves to speak, loquacious; loving logic;...
2Ancient Greek-λόγοςword, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,...
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “φιλολογία”

  • philology
  • philological
  • philologically
  • philologian
  • piphilology
  • piphilologist
  • philologaster
  • philologia
  • filológicamente
  • filológico
  • filología
  • philologiquement
  • philologique
  • philologie
  • filologie
  • filologi
  • filologi
  • philologie
  • filologi
  • فيلولوݢي
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