Where does “astrological” come from?
Astrological comes from English astrology, from Middle French astrologie, from Latin -icus, from Proto-Indo-European -kos, a suffix forming adjectives.
astrological (English): Of, or relating to astrology
Definitions
- Of, or relating to astrology
Ancestry of “astrological”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | English | -ál | — |
| 2 | English | aldehyde | Any of a large class of reactive organic... |
| 3 | German | Aldehyd | aldehyde |
| 4 | Latin | alcohol | kohl, collyrium, stibium; any other powder... |
| 5 | Andalusian Arabic | كُحُول | — |
| 6 | Arabic | كحل | antimony; kohl, stibnite; black coloring of the... |
| 7 | Arabic | كُحْل | antimony; kohl, stibnite |
| 8 | Akkadian | guḫlum | — |
Words derived from “astrological”