horologion

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὥρα“time period, hour”
2. Medieval Greek · derived fromὡρολόγιον“book of hours”
3. English todayhorologion

From Medieval Greek ὡρολόγιον (hōrológion, “book of hours”), from Ancient Greek ὥρα (hṓra, “time period, hour”) + λόγιον (lógion, “record; measuring device”), from λόγος (lógos) + -ιον (-ion). Doublet of horologe and horologium. See menologion.

Words from the same roots