myEtymology.com: Latin etymology of horologium

Etymology of the Latin word horologium

the Latin word horologium (clock, sundial)

derived from the Byzantine Greek word horologion

derived from the Greek word hora, ὥρα (season, time; an 'hour')

derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *yēr-

derived from the Greek word legein, λέγω (to speak)

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

English horologe, English horologium, French horloge, Italian orologio, Portuguese horológio, Portuguese relógio, Romanian orologiu