Etymology of the English word travelogue
the English word
traveloguederived from the English word
travelusing the English suffix
-loguederived from the French suffix
-loguederived from the Greek suffix
-logos, -λόγος
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 travelogue in English dates from the 20th century.
Usage
Word found in Modern English
