Etymology

ichneumonology

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Today it means: The study of ichneumon wasps (Ichneumonidae). Full definition →

Latin ichneumōnologia ← Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) ← Proto-Hellenic *lógos
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  1. Ancient Greekἴχνος (íkhnos)
  2. Ancient Greekἰχνεύω (ikhneúō)
  3. Ancient Greekἰχνεύμων (ikhneúmōn)
  4. Latinichneumōn
  5. Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
  6. Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
  7. Proto-Hellenic*lógos
  8. Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
  9. Latinichneumōnologia
  10. English todayichneumonology

Borrowed from Latin ichneumōnologia. By surface analysis, ichneumon + -ology.

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