Where does “teoloji” come from?
teoloji (Turkish) comes from French théologie, from Middle French theologie, from Old French theologie, from Latin theologia, from Koine Greek θεολογία, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
teoloji (Turkish): theology
Ancestry of “teoloji”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
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| 1 | French | théologie | theology |
| 2 | Middle French | theologie | theology |
| 3 | Old French | theologie | theology |
| 4 | Latin | theologia | theology |
| 5 | Koine Greek | θεολογία | theology; oration in praise of a god |
| 6 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |