Where does “semiology” come from?
semiology (English) comes from New Latin semaeologia, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
semiology (English): Semiotics, the study of signs; The science of the...
Definitions
- Semiotics, the study of signs; The science of the...
Ancestry of “semiology”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New Latin | semaeologia | — |
| 2 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 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... |