Where does “logic” come from?
Logic comes from Old French logike, from Latin logica, from Ancient Greek λογική (logikḗ), derived from λογικός (logikós), itself from λόγος (lógos) meaning "word" or "reason," rooted in λέγω (légō) "to speak," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-.
logic (English): logical; A method of human thought that involves...
Definitions
- logical; A method of human thought that involves...
Ancestry of “logic”, step by step
logic traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via French logique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | logique | logic; logical |
| 2 | Latin | logica | nominative feminine singular of logicus;... |
| 3 | Latin | logicus | logical; reasonable |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λογικός | Belonging to speech: prose; Belonging to reason:... |
| 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... |