philologue

The story

1. Ancient Greek · derived fromφιλολόγος“lover of words and learning”
2. Latin · derived fromphilologus“lover of learning”
3. Middle French · borrowed fromphilologue
4. English todayphilologue

Borrowed from Middle French philologue, from Latin philologus (“lover of learning”), from Ancient Greek φιλολόγος (philológos, “lover of words and learning”). Equivalent to philo- + -logue.

Words from the same roots