cosmology

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromκόσμος“world”
2. Medieval Latin · derived fromcosmologia
3. English todaycosmology

From Medieval Latin cosmologia, from Ancient Greek κόσμος (kósmos, “world”) + -λογία (-logía, “treating of”), combination form of -λόγος (-lógos, “one who speaks (in a certain manner)”). By surface analysis, cosmo- + -logy.

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