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Where does “cathaloge” come from?

cathaloge (Middle English) comes from Old French catalogue, from Latin catalogus, from Ancient Greek κατάλογος, from Ancient Greek καταλέγω, from Ancient Greek κᾰτᾰ-, from Ancient Greek κατά, from Ancient Greek καταστερίζω, from Ancient Greek ἀστήρ — to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth.

Ancestry of “cathaloge”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Old Frenchcatalogue—
2Latincatalogus—
3Ancient Greekκατάλογοςenrolment; register, catalogue
4Ancient Greekκαταλέγωto pick out, to choose out of, to...
5Ancient Greekκᾰτᾰ-fully; down; denoting motion downwards
6Ancient Greekκατά
7Ancient Greekκαταστερίζωto place among the stars; I put among the stars
8Ancient Greekἀστήρa celestial body; illustrious person; starfish
9Proto-Hellenicastḗrstar
10Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂stḗrstar
11Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂eHs-to be/become dry; to burn, to glow; hearth

Words derived from “cathaloge”

  • catalogue
  • cataloguer
  • catalogic
  • recatalogue
  • miscatalogue
  • e-catalogue
  • specialogue
  • cataloguise
  • e-catalog
  • katalogi
  • katļo̧k
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