Etymology

menologium

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Today it means: A calendar of the days of the month or of all the days of the year divided by month, particularly as a table of information divided in this way and Full definition →

Medieval Latin mēnologium ← Medieval Greek μηνολόγιον
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  1. Medieval Greek · derived fromμηνολόγιον
  2. Medieval Latin · borrowed frommēnologium
  3. English todaymenologium

From Medieval Latin mēnologium, from Ancient and Medieval Greek μηνολόγιον (mēnológion), from μήν (mḗn, “month”) + λόγιον (lógion, “writing, record, announcement”), itself from λόγος (lógos, “writing, recording”). Doublet of menologion, menologe, and menology.

Words from the same roots

Medieval Latinmēnologium all →

Medieval Greekμηνολόγιον all →

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