Etymology of the English word eclogue
the English word
ecloguederived from the Latin word
ecloga (short poem; short passage selected from longer work, excerpt)
derived from the Greek word
ekloge, ἐκλογή ((divine) selection (abstractly or concretely))
derived from the Greek word
eklegein, ἐκλέγω
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Latin word
ecloguederived from the Greek word
ekloge, ἐκλογή ((divine) selection (abstractly or concretely))
derived from the Greek word
eklegein, ἐκλέγω
derived from the Greek word
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
Date
The earliest known usage of eclogue in English dates from the 15th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
