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Where does “genealogus” come from?

genealogus (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek γενεαλόγος, from Ancient Greek -λόγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

genealogus (Latin): genealogist

Definitions

  1. genealogist

Ancestry of “genealogus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγενεαλόγοςgenealogist
2Ancient Greek-λόγοςword, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,...
3Ancient Greek-ός—
4Proto-Hellenic*-os—
5Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...
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