Etymology

logos

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Today it means: A form of rhetoric in which the writer or speaker uses logical argument as the main form of persuasion. Full definition →

Ancient Greek λόγος
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logos · noun1

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromλόγος“speech, oration, discourse, quote, story, study, ratio, word, calculation, reason”
  2. English todaylogos

From Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos, “speech, oration, discourse, quote, story, study, ratio, word, calculation, reason”).

Logos · proper noun2

From logos.

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekλόγος all →

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