Where does “этимоло́гия” come from?
этимоло́гия (Russian) comes from Latin etymologia, from Ancient Greek ἐτυμολογία, 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 “этимоло́гия”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | Latin | etymologia | etymology |
| 2 | Ancient Greek | ἐτυμολογία | etymology |
| 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... |
Words derived from “этимоло́гия”