English
astrological
Astrological comes from Latin astrologia ‘astronomy’, from Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*lóǵosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγοςlógos‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance, argument’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀστρολογίαastrología‘astronomy’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEastrologia‘astronomy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEastrologicus
- Englishtodayastrological
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*lóǵosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγοςlógos‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance, argument’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEἀστρολογίαastrología‘astronomy’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEastrologia‘astronomy’
- Latin, derivedc. 75 BCE–200 CEastrologicus
- Englishtodayastrological
Formed from astrologicus + -al
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’
election, collection, technology, lesson, select, elite, collect, eligible, elect, elegant, coil, legion, negligence, catalogue, negligent, negligible, leach, diligent, cull, lexicon, epilogue, cosmology, legation, lexical, lignite, lexis, lignin, dialectic, alexia, gynecologist, ineligibility, dialogic, 152 more
through Proto-Hellenic *lógos
archaeological, pathological, etymology, homologous, pathophysiology, psychopathology, neurophysiology, histopathology, bacteriological, 102 more
through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’
logic, apology, trilogy, sociology, terminology, analogy, physiology, logos, pathology, monologue, eulogy, prologue, archaeologist, pathologist, epistemology, entomology, logistic, etiology, bacteriology, apologia, syllogism, bacteriologist, 110 more
Today it means
adj Of, or relating to astrology.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / astrological