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
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)
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
