The story
- Proto-Indo-European*leǵ-
- Proto-Indo-European*lóǵos
- Proto-Hellenic*lógos
- Ancient Greekλόγος (lógos)
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰeh₁-
- Proto-Indo-European*dʰédʰeh₁ti
- Ancient Greekτίθημι (títhēmi)
- Ancient Greekθέτης (thétēs)
- Medieval Greekλογοθέτης (logothétēs)
- Medieval Latinlogotheta
- English todaylogothete
Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin logotheta, borrowed from Medieval Greek λογοθέτης (logothétēs), from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) + θέτης (thétēs).
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.