Where does “etymological” come from?
Etymological comes from English -ic, French -ique, Latin -icus, and Proto-Indo-European -kos, ultimately from Ancient Greek λέγω meaning to speak or gather.
etymological (English): Of or relating to etymology; Consistent with its...
Definitions
- Of or relating to etymology; Consistent with its...
Ancestry of “etymological”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | etymology | The study of the historical development of... |
| 2 | Middle English | ethymologie | The purported true, primordial and innate sense... |
| 3 | Old French | ethimologie | etymology |
| 4 | Latin | etymologia | etymology |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | ἐτυμολογία | etymology |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |