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Where does “sismologia” come from?

sismologia (Italian) comes from Italian -logia, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

sismologia (Italian): seismology

Definitions

  1. seismology

Ancestry of “sismologia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Italian-logia-logy
2Latin-logia-logy; the study of
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “sismologia”

  • sismologico
  • asterosismologia
  • eliosismologico
  • eliosismologia
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