myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of conchiologia

Etymology of the Italian word conchiologia

the Italian word conchiologia

using the Latin suffix -logia

derived from the Latin suffix -logus

derived 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)

derived from the Late Latin word concha (bivalve, oyster shell; holy-water font; mollusk, murex, oyster)

derived from the Greek word konche, κόγχη