Where does “leprology” come from?
leprology (English) comes from Italian leprologia, from Italian -logia, 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...
leprology (English): The study of leprosy
Definitions
- The study of leprosy
Ancestry of “leprology”, step by step
leprology traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Italian leprologia
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Italian | leprologia | leprology |
| 2 | Italian | -logia | -logy |
| 3 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |