Etymology

logion

lo·gi·on
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Today it means: A traditional saying of a religious leader. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λόγιον ← Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-
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The story

  1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*leǵ-“to gather”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromλόγιον“oracle”
  3. English todaylogion

] From Ancient Greek λόγιον (lógion, “oracle”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; the word or wisdom of God”) (from λέγω (légō, “I say”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ιον (-ion, suffix forming diminutive nouns).

Words from the same roots

Proto-Indo-European*leǵ- all →

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