Where does “logomacher” come from?
logomacher (English) comes from English logomachy, from Latin logomachia, from Ancient Greek λογομαχία, from Ancient Greek λογομᾰχέω, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Ancestry of “logomacher”, step by step
logomacher traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English logomachy
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | logomachy | Dispute over the meaning of words; A conflict... |
| 2 | Latin | logomachia | logomachy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λογομαχία | a fight about words |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λογομᾰχέω | to fight about words |
| 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... |
via English ER
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | ER | The statistic "Earned Run"; Initialism of... |
| 2 | Turkish | er | early; brave; man, male |
| 3 | Ottoman Turkish | ایر | saddle, a seat for a rider placed on the back of a horse or other animal |
| 4 | Old Anatolian Turkish | ایر | early, at a time in advance of the usual or expected event |
| 5 | Proto-Turkic | ēder | saddle |