Where does “metalogic” come from?
metalogic (English) comes from English logic, from French logique, from Latin logica, from Latin logicus, from Ancient Greek λογικός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
metalogic (English): The metatheory of logic; the study of properties...
Definitions
- The metatheory of logic; the study of properties...
Ancestry of “metalogic”, step by step
metalogic traces back through 3 separate lines of ancestry.
via English logic
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | logic | logical; A method of human thought that involves... |
| 2 | French | logique | logic; logical |
| 3 | Latin | logica | nominative feminine singular of logicus;... |
| 4 | Latin | logicus | logical; reasonable |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λογικός | Belonging to speech: prose; Belonging to reason:... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English meta
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | meta | Self-referential; structured analogously, but at... |
| 2 | Latin | mēta | cone, pyramid |
| 3 | Proto-West Germanic | mōtijan | to meet |
| 4 | Proto-Germanic | mōtijaną | to meet, encounter |
| 5 | Proto-Germanic | mōtą | meeting |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | meh₂d- | to be wet, to become wet; to meet, approach,... |
via French métalogique
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | métalogique | — |