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Where does “archontology” come from?

archontology (English) comes from Latin archontologia, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

archontology (English): The study of historical offices and the people...

Definitions

  1. The study of historical offices and the people...

Ancestry of “archontology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Latinarchontologiaarchontology
2Latin-logia-logy; the study of
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “archontology”

  • archontologist
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