Where does “logician” come from?

Logician comes from Old French logicien, a person who practices logic or dialectic.

logician (English): A person who studies or teaches logic

Definitions

  1. A person who studies or teaches logic

Ancestry of “logician”, step by step

logician traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.

via Middle English logicien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Middle Englishlogicien—
2Old Frenchlogicien—

via French logicien

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlogicienlogician

Words derived from “logician”

Every word from Old French logicien →Every word from Middle English logicien →