Where does “ontotheological” come from?
ontotheological (English) comes from English theological, from English theology, from Middle English theologie, from Middle French theologie, from Old French theologie, from Latin theologia, from Koine Greek θεολογία, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
ontotheological (English): Relating to ontotheology
Definitions
- Relating to ontotheology
Ancestry of “ontotheological”, step by step
ontotheological traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English theological
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | theological | Of or relating to theology |
| 2 | English | theology | The study of God, a god, or gods; and of the... |
| 3 | Middle English | theologie | Alternative form of theologi |
| 4 | Middle French | theologie | theology |
| 5 | Old French | theologie | theology |
| 6 | Latin | theologia | theology |
| 7 | Koine Greek | θεολογία | theology; oration in praise of a god |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 10 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via English onto
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | onto | Upon; on top of; Aware of; Being an onto function... |
| 2 | English | to | A particle used for marking the following verb as... |
| 3 | Middle English | to | toe; to; too |
| 4 | Middle English | tone | the one |
| 5 | Latin | tonus | The stretching or straining of a rope; A strain;... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | τόνος | rope, cord; chord; tone, note |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | tónos | rope, cord; tension |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | tónos | something stretched; chord, fiber, string |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | ten- | to stretch, to extend |