Where does “ideology” come from?

Ideology derives from French idéologie, formed from French -logie (from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία) combined with a root ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-, meaning to speak or gather.

ideology (English): Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or...

Definitions

  1. Doctrine, philosophy, body of beliefs or...

Ancestry of “ideology”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchidéologieideology
2Frenchidéo-ideo-
3Ancient Greekἰδέαform, shape; look, appearance, semblance; type,...
4Ancient Greekεἴδωto see; I see
5Proto-Indo-Europeanweyd-to see

Words derived from “ideology

Every word from Proto-Indo-European weyd-