Where does “logomachia” come from?
logomachia (Latin) comes from Ancient Greek λογομαχία, from Ancient Greek λογομᾰχέω, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
logomachia (Latin): logomachy
Definitions
- logomachy
Ancestry of “logomachia”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ancient Greek | λογομαχία | a fight about words |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | λογομᾰχέω | to fight about words |
| 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... |