apology

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. English todayapology

From French apologie, from Late Latin apologia, from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία (apología, “a speech in defence”), from ἀπολογοῦμαι (apologoûmai, “I speak in my defense”), from ἀπόλογος (apólogos, “an account, story”), from ἀπό (apó, “from, off”) (see apo-) + λόγος (lógos, “speech”). Doublet of apologia. By surface analysis, apo- + -logy.

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