Etymology of the English word logarithmic
the English word
logarithmicderived from the English word
logarithmderived from the Latin word
logarithmus (logarithm)
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
arithmos, ἀριθμός (a number (as reckoned up))
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*ar-using the English suffix
-icDerivations in English
semilogarithmicUsage
Word found in Modern English