English
apologia
Apologia comes from Ancient Greek ἀπολογία ‘speech in defense of a position’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect (words)’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to collect (words)’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγος‘speech’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀπολογίαapología‘speech in defense of a position’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999apologia
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to collect (words)’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγος‘speech’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀπολογίαapología‘speech in defense of a position’
- Englishearliest quotation 1999apologia
Earliest quotation: 1999, Judith Butler, Gender Trouble: “Although I've enumerated some of the academic traditions and…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect (words)’
election, collection, technology, lesson, select, elite, collect, eligible, elect, elegant, coil, legion, negligence, catalogue, negligent, leach, negligible, diligent, lexicon, lexical, cull, astrology, epilogue, legation, dialectical, dialectic, cosmology, lignite, lexis, lignin, alexia, gynecologist, ineligibility, dialogic, 151 more
through Proto-Hellenic *lógos
archaeological, pathological, etymology, homologous, pathophysiology, astrological, psychopathology, neurophysiology, histopathology, bacteriological, 103 more
through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘speech’
logic, trilogy, analogy, sociology, terminology, physiology, logos, pathology, monologue, prologue, eulogy, archaeologist, logistic, pathologist, epistemology, entomology, etiology, bacteriology, syllogism, bacteriologist, 112 more
Today it means
noun A written defense of a position or belief.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / apologia