Etymology of the French word anthropologie
the French word
anthropologiederived from the Scientific Latin word
anthropologia (anthropology)
derived from the Greek word
anthropologos, ἀνθρωπολόγος
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
anthropos, ἄνθρωπος (man; man-faced; a human being)
Date
The earliest known usage of anthropologie in French dates from the 16th century.
Derivations in French
anthropologiqueDerivations in other languages
Romanian
antropologieCognates
English
anthropology, German
Anthropologie, Italian
antropologia, Lithuanian
antropologija, Polish
antropologia, Russian
aнтpoпoлoгия
