The story
- Ancient Greek · derived fromστοιχεῖον“first element, fundamental principle”
- English todaystoichiology
Ancient Greek στοιχεῖον (stoikheîon, “first element, fundamental principle”) + -logy.
Words from the same roots
Ancient Greekστοιχεῖον all →
stoichiometricstœchiology
First known use, by meaning
- 19th century The doctrine of the elementary requisites of mere thought .
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.