Where does “philological” come from?
Philological derives from English philology plus the English suffix -ic, from French -ique, from Ancient Greek -logikos, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European bʰil- meaning to swell or overflow.
philological (English): Of or pertaining to the history of literature and...
Definitions
- Of or pertaining to the history of literature and...
Ancestry of “philological”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | philology | The humanistic study of historical linguistics;... |
| 2 | Middle French | philologie | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | φιλολογία | love of reasoning; love of learning, love of... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | φιλόλογος | that loves to speak, loquacious; loving logic;... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λόγος | word, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -ός | Forms agentive or patientive adjectives and nouns from the o-grade of a verbal root |
| 7 | Proto-Hellenic | *-os | — |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | -ós | Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting... |