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Catalogue comes from Ancient Greek κατάλογος ‘enrollment, register’, from καταλέγω ‘to recount, make a list’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect, gather’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to collect, gather’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*légō‘to gather’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέγωlégō‘to say, to speak, to tell’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκαταλέγωkatalégō‘to recount, make a list’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκατάλογοςkatálogos‘enrollment, register’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcatalogus
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400catalogue
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500cathaloge
- Englishearliest quotation 1631catalogue
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to collect, gather’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*légō‘to gather’reconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέγωlégō‘to say, to speak, to tell’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκαταλέγωkatalégō‘to recount, make a list’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκατάλογοςkatálogos‘enrollment, register’
- Late Latinc. 200–600 CEcatalogus
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400catalogue
- Middle Englishc. 1150–1500cathaloge
- Englishearliest quotation 1631catalogue
Earliest quotation: 1631, Philip Massinger: “[T]he charge of my moſt curious, and coſtly ingredients…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect, gather’
election, collection, lesson, select, elite, collect, eligible, elect, logic, elegant, legion, coil, apology, negligence, trilogy, sociology, terminology, negligible, negligent, physiology, leach, diligent, analogy, logos, pathology, cull, archaeologist, logistic, pathologist, monologue, eulogy, etymology, epistemology, prologue, entomology, homologous, lignite, lignin, legation, etiology, 163 more
through Proto-Hellenic *légō ‘to gather’
through Ancient Greek λέγω ‘to say, to speak, to tell’
technology, lexicon, astrology, cosmology, lexical, dialectic, gynecologist, epilogue, lexis, alexia, dialogic, 20 more
Today it means
noun A systematic list of books, names, pictures, etc.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / catalogue