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Where does “verbal” come from?

verbal (Old French) comes from Late Latin verbalis, from Latin verbum, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Ancestry of “verbal”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latinverbalisbelonging to a word; wordy, verbal
2Latinverbumword; proverb, saying; verb
3Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
4Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
5Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “verbal”

  • verbal
  • nonverbal
  • verbally
  • preverbal
  • nonverbally
  • postverbal
  • verbalism
  • intraverbal
  • preverbally
  • postverbally
  • paraverbal
  • verbality
  • coverbal
  • extraverbal
  • verbalist
  • verballing
  • hyperverbal
  • averbal
  • subverbal
  • verbalness
  • monoverbal
  • biverbal
  • interverbal
  • paraverbally
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