Where does “glotocronoloxía” come from?
glotocronoloxía (Galician) comes from Galician cronoloxía, from New Latin chronologia, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
glotocronoloxía (Galician): glottochronology
Definitions
- glottochronology
Ancestry of “glotocronoloxía”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Galician | cronoloxía | chronology; timeline |
| 2 | New Latin | chronologia | — |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 5 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |