English
cosmology
Cosmology comes from Medieval Latin cosmologia, from Ancient Greek κόσμος ‘world’, 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 BCEλέγω‘to put in order, arrange, gather’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκόσμοςkósmos‘world’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cosmologia
- Englishearliest quotation 1981cosmology
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 BCEλέγω‘to put in order, arrange, gather’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEκόσμοςkósmos‘world’
- Medieval Latinc. 600–1500cosmologia
- Englishearliest quotation 1981cosmology
Earliest quotation: 1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology: “But the work of Marshack and Leroi-Gourhan enable us…”
Equivalent to cosmo- + -logy
Proto-Indo-European *ḱens- ‘to announce, to proclaim’
Proto-Hellenic *kónsmos
Ancient Greek κόσμος ‘universe’
English cosmo-
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect, gather’
election, collection, lesson, select, elite, eligible, elect, collect, logic, elegant, legion, negligence, coil, negligible, apology, trilogy, negligent, leach, diligent, analogy, sociology, terminology, physiology, pathology, cull, logos, logistic, archaeologist, pathologist, prologue, monologue, legation, eulogy, lignite, lignin, epistemology, homologous, etymology, entomology, ineligibility, 163 more
through Proto-Hellenic *légō ‘to gather’
through Ancient Greek λέγω ‘to put in order, arrange, gather’
technology, catalogue, lexical, lexicon, epilogue, astrology, dialectic, alexia, lexis, gynecologist, dialogic, 20 more
through Ancient Greek κόσμος ‘world’
Today it means
noun The study of the physical universe, its structure, dynamics, origin and evolution, and fate.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / cosmology