Where does “loighceoir” come from?
loighceoir (Irish) comes from Irish loighic, 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...
loighceoir (Irish): logician
Definitions
- logician
Ancestry of “loighceoir”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Irish | loighic | 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... |