Etymology

apologist

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Today it means: One who speaks or writes in defense of a faith, a cause, or an institution. Full definition →

English apology ← French apologie ← Ecclesiastical Latin apologia
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*h₂ep
  2. Proto-Indo-European*h₂epó
  3. Proto-Hellenic*apó
  4. Ancient Greekᾰ̓πό (ăpó)
  5. Ancient Greekᾰ̓πο- (ăpo-)
  6. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  7. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  8. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  9. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  10. Ancient Greekἀπολογία (apología)
  11. Ecclesiastical Latinapologia
  12. Frenchapologie
  13. Englishapology
  14. English todayapologist

From apology + -ist.

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