Where does “archeologe” come from?
archeologe (Dutch) comes from Dutch archeoloog, from French archéologue, from French archéologie, from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “archeologe”, step by step
archeologe traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Dutch archeoloog
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | archeoloog | archaeologist |
| 2 | French | archéologue | archaeologist |
| 3 | French | archéologie | archaeology |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | ἀρχαιολογία | book of old stories, legends, traditions; written... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via Dutch e
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dutch | e | — |