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Where does “archiuluggìa” come from?

archiuluggìa (Sicilian) comes from Ancient Greek ἀρχαιολογία, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

archiuluggìa (Sicilian): archaeology

Definitions

  1. archaeology

Ancestry of “archiuluggìa”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekἀρχαιολογίαbook of old stories, legends, traditions; written...
2Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
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...
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