Where does “chronologie” come from?
chronologie (Dutch) comes from French chronologie, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
chronologie (Dutch): chronology
Ancestry of “chronologie”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|
| 1 | French | chronologie | chronology |
| 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... |