Etymology of the English word logic
the English word
logicderived from the Old French word
logiquederived from the Medieval Latin word
logicaderived from the Greek word
logike, λογική
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)
Date
The earliest known usage of logic in English dates from the 14th century.
Derivations in English
logical,
choplogic,
illogic,
logicism,
logicize,
metalogicCognates
Dutch
logica, English
logical, French
logique, German
Logik, German
logisch, Italian
logica, Italian
logico, Lithuanian
logiškas, Norwegian
logikk, Russian
лoгичecкий, Spanish
logica, Swedish
logikUsage
Word found in Modern English
