Etymology of the English word hymnology
the English word
hymnologyderived from the Greek word
humnologiaderived 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
humnos, ὕμνος (a 'hymn' or religious ode (one of the Psalms))
derived from the English word
hymnderived from the Old French word
ymnederived from the Latin word
hymnus (hymn)
derived from the Greek word
humnos, ὕμνος (a 'hymn' or religious ode (one of the Psalms))
derived from the Latin word
hymnderived from the Greek word
humnos, ὕμνος (a 'hymn' or religious ode (one of the Psalms))
using the English suffix
-logyUsage
Word found in Modern English
