Where does “genealogă” come from?
genealogă (Romanian) comes from Volapük genealog, from Polish genealogia, 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...
Ancestry of “genealogă”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Volapük | genealog | genealogy |
| 2 | Polish | genealogia | genealogy |
| 3 | Late Latin | genealogia | genealogy; ablative singular of geneālogia |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γενεαλογία | genealogy |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |