Etymology

campanology

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Today it means: The study of bells and their casting, tuning, and ringing. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos ← Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂em-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*kh₂ém-po-s
  3. Proto-Italic*kampos
  4. Latincampus
  5. LatinCampānia
  6. LatinCampānus
  7. Late Latincampāna
  8. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  9. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  10. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  11. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  12. English todaycampanology

From Late Latin campāna (“bell”) + English -ology.

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