Where does “ideological” come from?

Ideological comes from English ideology plus the suffix -ic, from French -ique, Latin -icus, Ancient Greek -λογία and λόγος meaning discourse, ultimately from λέγω and Proto-Indo-European leǵ- meaning to gather or speak.

ideological (English): Of or pertaining to an ideology; Based on an...

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to an ideology; Based on an...

Ancestry of “ideological”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishideologyDoctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or...
2Frenchidéologieideology
3Frenchidéo-ideo-
4Ancient Greekἰδέαform, shape; look, appearance, semblance; type,...
5Ancient Greekεἴδωto see; I see
6Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “ideological

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-
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