Etymology of the English word philology
the English word
philologyderived from the Latin word
philologia (love of learning, study of literature)
derived from the Greek word
philologia, φιλολογία
derived from the Greek word
philologos, φιλολόγος
using the Greek prefix
philo-, ϕιλο-
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)
Cognates
Dutch
filologie, French
philologie, German
Philologie, Italian
filologia, Lithuanian
filologija, Norwegian
filologi, Russian
филoлогия, Swedish
filologiUsage
Word found in Modern English
