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Where does “logos” come from?

Logos derives from English logo, itself from English type, tracing back through English logos and English type in a cyclical pattern with no clear ultimate origin established.

logos (English): A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker...

Definitions

  1. A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker...

Ancestry of “logos”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishLogos—
2Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
3Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “logos”

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