Etymology of the English word cosmology
the English word
cosmologyderived from the Latin word
cosmologia (cosmology)
using the Latin prefix
cosmo-derived from the Greek prefix
cosmo-derived from the Latin word
logiaderived from the Greek word
logia, λογία (a contribution)
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
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
kosmos, κόσμος (orderly arrangement; decoration; by implication, the world (in a wide or narrow sense, including its inhabitants, literally or figuratively (morally)))
Usage
Word found in Modern English
