myEtymology.com: English etymology of logomachy

Etymology of the English word logomachy

the English word logomachy

derived from the Greek word logomachia, λογομαχία (disputation about trifles ('logomachy'))

using the Greek suffix -machia, -μαχία

derived from the Byzantine Greek word machomai, μάχομαι (to war; to quarrel, dispute)

derived from the Greek word logomachein

using the Greek prefix logo-, λογο-

derived from the Greek word mache, μάχη (a battle; controversy)

derived from the Greek word logomakhein

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)

The earliest known usage of logomachy in English dates from the 16th century.

Word found in Modern English