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Where does “morphologie” come from?

morphologie (French) comes from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

morphologie (French): morphology

Definitions

  1. morphology

Ancestry of “morphologie”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
2Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
3Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
4Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “morphologie”

  • morphologiser
  • exogéomorphologie
  • morphologique
  • morphologiquement
  • géomorphologique
  • géomorphologie
  • morfologie
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