Etymology

batology

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Today it means: The scientific study of plants in the genus Rubus, commonly known as brambles. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βάτος
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batology · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβάτος“blackberry”
  2. English todaybatology

From Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos, “blackberry”) + -ology.

batology · noun2

  1. Englishbat
  2. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  4. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  5. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  6. English todaybatology

From bat + -ology.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβάτος all →

batologist

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