Etymology of the English word morphology
the English word
morphologyderived 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
morphos (form)
Derivations in English
geomorphology,
histomorphologyCognates
Dutch
morfologie, French
morphologie, German
Morphologie, Italian
morfologia, Lithuanian
morfologija, Norwegian
morfologi, Polish
morfologia, Russian
мopфoлoгия, Swedish
morfologiUsage
Word found in Modern English
