Etymology of the Latin word philologia
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)
Derivations in other languages
English
philology, French
philologie, Italian
filologia, Portuguese
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