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Where does “philologus” come from?

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

Ancestry of “philologus”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekφιλόλογοςthat loves to speak, loquacious; loving logic;...
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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