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Where does “unlogically” come from?

unlogically (English) comes from English unlogical, from English logical, from English logic, from French logique, from Latin logica, from Latin logicus, from Ancient Greek λογικός, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

unlogically (English): In an unlogical way

Definitions

  1. In an unlogical way

Ancestry of “unlogically”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishunlogicalNot logical; illogical
2EnglishlogicalIn agreement with the principles of logic;...
3Englishlogiclogical; A method of human thought that involves...
4Frenchlogiquelogic; logical
5Latinlogicanominative feminine singular of logicus;...
6Latinlogicuslogical; reasonable
7Ancient GreekλογικόςBelonging to speech: prose; Belonging to reason:...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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