Etymology of the English word tautology
the English word
tautologyderived from the Latin word
tautologiaderived from the Greek word
tautologia, ταυτολογία, ταὐτολογία
derived from the Greek word
tautologosderived 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)
using the Greek prefix
tauto-, ταὐτο-
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
legein, λέγω (to speak)
derived from the Proto-Indo-European root
*leg- (to collect, to speak)
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 tautology in English dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in English
tautologism,
tautologizeCognates
Dutch
tautologie, French
tautologie, German
Tautologie, Italian
tautologia, Lithuanian
tautologija, Norwegian
tautologi, Polish
tautologia, Russian
тaвтология, Swedish
tautologiUsage
Word found in Modern English
