Where does “ἀρχαιολογία” come from?
ἀρχαιολογία (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
ἀρχαιολογία (Ancient Greek): book of old stories, legends, traditions; written...
Definitions
- book of old stories, legends, traditions; written...
Ancestry of “ἀρχαιολογία”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 4 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |