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Where does “филоло́гия” come from?

филоло́гия (Russian) comes from French philologie, from Latin philologia, from Ancient Greek φιλολογία, from Ancient Greek φιλόλογος, from Ancient Greek -λόγος, from Ancient Greek -ός, from Proto-Hellenic *-os, from Proto-Indo-European -ós — Creates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Ancestry of “филоло́гия”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchphilologiephilology
2Latinphilologia—
3Ancient Greekφιλολογίαlove of reasoning; love of learning, love of...
4Ancient Greekφιλόλογοςthat loves to speak, loquacious; loving logic;...
5Ancient Greek-λόγοςword, speech; one who speaks; word, knowledge,...
6Ancient Greek-ός—
7Proto-Hellenic*-os—
8Proto-Indo-European-ósCreates agent nouns from verb stems, denoting...

Words derived from “филоло́гия”

  • филологический
  • ֆիլոլոգիա
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