Etymology of the English word meteorology
the English word
meteorologyderived from the French word
météorologiederived from the Greek word
meteorologia, μετεωρολογία
derived from the Greek word
meteora, μετέωρα
using the Late Greek suffix
-logia, -λογία
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
logia, λογία (a contribution)
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
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
derived from the Greek word
meteoros, μετέωρος
derived from the Greek word
logia, λογία (a contribution)
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
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
Date
The earliest known usage of meteorology in English dates from the 17th century.
Derivations in English
astrometeorology,
biometeorology,
hydrometeorology,
macrometeorology,
mesometeorology,
meteorograph,
micrometeorologyCognates
Dutch
meteorologie, French
méteorologie, German
Meteorologie, Norwegian
meteorologi, Swedish
meteorologiUsage
Word found in Modern English
