Where does “ornithology” come from?
Ornithology comes from New Latin ornithologia, from Ancient Greek ὀρνιθολόγος meaning one who talks about birds, derived from λόγος meaning word or account and λέγω meaning to speak, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European leǵ-.
ornithology (English): The branch of zoology that deals with the...
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- The branch of zoology that deals with the...
Ancestry of “ornithology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | ornithologia | ornithology |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ὀρνιθολόγος | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | ὄρνις | bird; chicken |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |