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Where does “genealogia” come from?

genealogia (Portuguese) comes from Late Latin genealogia, from Ancient Greek γενεαλογία, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

genealogia (Portuguese): genealogy

Definitions

  1. genealogy

Ancestry of “genealogia”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Late Latingenealogiagenealogy; ablative singular of geneālogia
2Ancient Greekγενεαλογίαgenealogy
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “genealogia”

  • genealogista
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