Proto-Hellenic

*légō

‘to gather’

Every word has its own definition in its root. These English words share one: Proto-Hellenic *légō.

32 English words in this record descend from Proto-Hellenic *légō, most familiar first.

• technology ← τεχνολογία ← τεχνολόγος ← λέγω
• catalogue ← cathaloge ← catalogus ← κατάλογος ← καταλέγω
• astrology ← astrologie ← astrologia ← ἀστρολογία ← ἄστρον
• epilogue ← epilogus ← ἐπίλογος ← ἐπιλέγω ← λέγω
• lexicon ← λεξικόν ← λεξικὸν βιβλίον ← λεξικός ← λέξις
• cosmology ← cosmologia ← κόσμος ← λέγω
• lexical ← lexis ← λέξις ← λέγω
• gynecologist ← γυνή ← λέγω
• dialectic ← dialecticus ← δῐᾰλεκτῐκός ← διαλέγομαι ← λέγω
• dialectical ← dialecticus ← δῐᾰλεκτῐκός ← διαλέγομαι ← λέγω
• alexia ← λέξις ← λέγω
• lexis ← λέξις ← λέγω

More words from *légō

• dialogic
• analects
• horology
• ramekin
• eclogue
• pavane
• lexeme
• eclogite
• chaparro
• lexicology
• sylloge
• antilogue
• garua
• gnomology
• lexicologist
• lectic
• lectical
• logion
• matraca
• syllogai

Etymograph / Proto-Hellenic *légō