myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of etiology

Etymology of the Latin word etiology

the Latin word etiology

derived from the Greek word aitiologia, αἰτιολογία

derived from the Greek word aitia, αἰτία (a cause (as if asked for); (logical) reason (motive, matter), (legal) crime (alleged or proved))

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 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 legein, λέγω (to speak)

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *leg- (to collect, to speak)

using the Greek prefix aitio-, αἰτιο-

derived from the Greek word aita

English etiology