Etymology of the English word category
the English word
categoryderived from the Latin word
categoria (accusation; predicament; category)
derived from the Greek word
kategoria, κατηγορία (a complaint ('category'); criminal charge)
derived from the Greek word
kategorein, κατηγορέω
derived from the Greek word
agora, ἀγορά (properly, the town-square (as a place of public resort); by implication, a market or thoroughfare)
derived from the Greek word
agoreinderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ger-derived from the Late Latin word
categoryderived from the Greek word
kategoria, κατηγορία (a complaint ('category'); criminal charge)
derived from the Greek word
kategorein, κατηγορέω
derived from the Greek word
agora, ἀγορά (properly, the town-square (as a place of public resort); by implication, a market or thoroughfare)
derived from the Greek word
agoreinderived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ger-Date
The earliest known usage of category in English dates from the 15th century.
Derivations in English
categorize,
subcategoryCognates
Dutch
categorie, Dutch
kater, French
catégorie, German
Kategorie, Italian
categoria, Lithuanian
kategorija, Norwegian
kategori, Polish
kategoria, Russian
катeгopия, Swedish
kategoriUsage
Word found in Modern English
