Etymology of the English word apologize
the English word
apologizederived from the English word
apologyderived from the Old French word
apologiederived from the Latin word
apologia (apology; defense)
derived from the Greek word
apologia, ἀπολογία (a plea ('apology'))
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the English suffix
-izederived from the Old French suffix
-iserderived from the Latin suffix
-izarederived from the Greek suffix
-izein, -ίζειν
derived from the Greek word
apologizesthaiderived from the Greek word
apologia, ἀπολογία (a plea ('apology'))
derived from the Greek word
logos, λόγος (word, speech, topic, treatise, reasoning)
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
Derivations in English
apologized,
apologizingUsage
Word found in Modern English
