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Where does “logical” come from?

Logical comes from English logic, from Latin logica, from Ancient Greek λογική, derived from λογικός, itself from λόγος meaning "word" or "reason," from λέγω meaning "to speak," ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-.

logical (English): In agreement with the principles of logic;...

Definitions

  1. In agreement with the principles of logic;...

Ancestry of “logical”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Englishlogiclogical; A method of human thought that involves...
2Frenchlogiquelogic; logical
3Latinlogicanominative feminine singular of logicus;...
4Latinlogicuslogical; reasonable
5Ancient GreekλογικόςBelonging to speech: prose; Belonging to reason:...
6Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
7Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
8Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “logical”

  • logically
  • illogical
  • illogically
  • nonlogical
  • alogical
  • logicality
  • prelogical
  • metalogical
  • extralogical
  • paralogical
  • logicalness
  • illogicalness
  • unlogical
  • antilogical
  • semilogical
  • paralogically
  • alogically
  • unlogically
  • nonlogically
  • overlogical
  • logicalize
  • equilogical
  • ilohikal
  • lohikal
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