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Where does “ὀρνιθολόγος” come from?

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

Ancestry of “ὀρνιθολόγος”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekὄρνιςbird; chicken
2Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
3Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “ὀρνιθολόγος”

  • ornithologist
  • ornithology
  • ethnoornithology
  • paleornithology
  • ethnoornithologist
  • ornithologia
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