Where does “Scheinlogik” come from?
Scheinlogik (German) comes from German Logik, from Latin logica, from Latin logicus, from Ancient Greek λογικός, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
Scheinlogik (German): sham logic, pseudo-logic, bogus logic
Definitions
- sham logic, pseudo-logic, bogus logic
Ancestry of “Scheinlogik”, step by step
Scheinlogik traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via German Logik
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | German | Logik | logic |
| 2 | Latin | logica | nominative feminine singular of logicus;... |
| 3 | Latin | logicus | logical; reasonable |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λογικός | Belonging to speech: prose; Belonging to reason:... |
| 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... |