Where does “verbality” come from?
verbality (English) comes from English verbal, from Old French verbal, from Late Latin verbalis, from Latin verbum, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
verbality (English): The state or characteristic of consisting of...
Definitions
- The state or characteristic of consisting of...
Ancestry of “verbality”, step by step
verbality traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via English verbal
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | English | verbal | Of or relating to words; Concerned with the... |
| 2 | Old French | verbal | — |
| 3 | Late Latin | verbalis | belonging to a word; wordy, verbal |
| 4 | Latin | verbum | word; proverb, saying; verb |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |