Etymology

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Today it means: A myriologue. Full definition →

French myriologue ← Greek μοιρολόγι
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  1. Greek · derived fromμοιρολόγι
  2. French · borrowed frommyriologue
  3. English todaymyriology

Borrowed from French myriologue + -y, from Greek μοιρολόγι (moirológi), from μοίρα (moíra, “fate”) + λόγος (lógos, “word”).

Words from the same roots

Frenchmyriologue all →

myriologue

Greekμοιρολόγι all →

myriologue

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.