myEtymology.com: Italian etymology of filologia

Etymology of the Italian word filologia

the Italian word filologia

derived 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)