Where does “zoologisk” come from?
zoologisk (Norwegian Bokmål) comes from Norwegian Bokmål zoologi, from Norwegian Bokmål -logi, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
zoologisk (Norwegian Bokmål): zoological
Definitions
- zoological
Ancestry of “zoologisk”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norwegian Bokmål | zoologi | zoology |
| 2 | Norwegian Bokmål | -logi | -logy |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 6 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |