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Etymology of the English word astrologist

the English word astrologist
derived from the English word astrology
derived from the Old French word astrologie (astrology)
derived from the Latin word astrologia (astronomy, astrology, science)
using the New Latin prefix astro- (related to the stars)
derived from the New Latin word aster (star; plant; kind of Samian clay; star)
derived from the Greek word aster, ἀστήρ (star; a star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ster-
using the Latin suffix -logia
derived from the Latin suffix -logus
derived from the Greek suffix -logos, -λόγος
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)
derived from the Greek word astrologia, ἀστρολογία
using the Greek prefix astro-
derived from the Greek word astron, ἄστρον (properly, a constellation; put for a single star (natural or artificial))
derived from the Greek word aster, ἀστήρ (star; a star (as strown over the sky), literally or figuratively)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ster-
derived from the Greek word astrologos, ἀστρολόγος
using the Late Greek suffix -logia, -λογία
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)
derived from the Greek word logia, λογία (a contribution)
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)
derived from the Greek word legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leg- (to collect, to speak)
using the French suffix -logia
using the English suffix -ist
derived from the Latin suffix -ista
derived from the Greek suffix -istes

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