English
eulogia
Eulogia comes from Ancient Greek εὐλογῐ́ᾱ ‘praise, panegyric, eulogy’, from εὔλογος ‘reasonable, sensible’, and ultimately from 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‘word, utterance, narrative’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὔλογος‘reasonable, sensible’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐλογῐ́ᾱeulogĭ́ā‘praise, panegyric, eulogy’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeulogia
- Englishearliest quotation 1880same form
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to collect (words)’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγος‘word, utterance, narrative’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὔλογος‘reasonable, sensible’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEεὐλογῐ́ᾱeulogĭ́ā‘praise, panegyric, eulogy’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEeulogia
- Englishearliest quotation 1880same form
Earliest quotation: 1880, Sir William Smith, A Dictionary of Christian Antiquities: “To Severus he sends "a Campanian loaf from his…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect (words)’
election, collection, technology, lesson, select, elite, collect, eligible, elect, elegant, coil, negligence, legion, catalogue, negligent, leach, diligent, negligible, lexicon, astrology, lexical, epilogue, cull, cosmology, legation, dialectical, dialectic, lignite, lexis, lignin, gynecologist, alexia, ineligibility, dialogic, 150 more
through Proto-Hellenic *lógos
archaeological, pathological, etymology, homologous, pathophysiology, astrological, psychopathology, neurophysiology, histopathology, bacteriological, 102 more
through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘word, utterance, narrative’
apology, logic, trilogy, sociology, terminology, analogy, physiology, pathology, logos, monologue, prologue, archaeologist, pathologist, epistemology, logistic, entomology, etiology, bacteriology, bacteriologist, apologia, syllogism, 111 more
Today it means
noun The practice of sending the consecrated Eucharist to those not present, or the Eucharist itself so sent.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / eulogia