Etymology

logopedics

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Today it means: The study, and correction, of speech and language defects, disorders in communication and swallowing disorders. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λόγος
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromπαιδείᾱ“rearing of a child, education”
  2. Ancient Greek · derived fromλόγος“speech, oration, discourse, quote, story, study, ratio, word, calculation, reason”
  3. English todaylogopedics

from Ancient Greek Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse, quote, story, study, ratio, word, calculation, reason”) and Ancient Greek παιδείᾱ (paideíā, “rearing of a child, education”)

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλόγος all →

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Ancient Greekπαιδείᾱ all →

paideia

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