teleology

The story

1. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*leǵ-“to collect, gather”
2. Ancient Greek · derived from-λογῐ́ᾱ
3. Latin · derived from-logia
4. Proto-Indo-European · derived from*kʷel-“to turn end-over-end; to revolve around, hence, to dwell, sojourn”
5. Ancient Greek · derived fromτέλεος
6. Late Latin · derived fromteleologia
7. German · borrowed fromTeleologie
8. French · borrowed fromtéléologie
9. English todayteleology

Partly borrowed from French téléologie and from German Teleologie + English -logy (suffix denoting a branch of learning or study of a particular subject). Téléologie and Teleologie are both derived from Late Latin teleologia, from Ancient Greek τέλεος (téleos) (the genitive singular of τέλος (télos, “final cause, purpose”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kʷel- (“to turn end-over-end; to revolve around, hence, to dwell, sojourn”)) + Latin -logia (suffix denoting the logical discourse or study of a subject) (from Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā, suffix denoting a branch of learning or study of a particular subject), from λόγος (lógos, “that which is said or thought; subject matter”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to collect, gather”)) + -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā, suffix forming feminine abstract nouns)). By surface analysis, teleo- (prefix meaning ‘end, goal, purpose’) + -logy.

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