English
logion
Logion comes from Ancient Greek λόγιον ‘oracle’, from λόγος ‘word’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to gather’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*légōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέγωlégō‘I say’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλόγοςlógos‘word’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλόγιονlógion‘oracle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1904logion
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to gather’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*légōreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλέγωlégō‘I say’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλόγοςlógos‘word’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλόγιονlógion‘oracle’
- Englishearliest quotation 1904logion
Earliest quotation: 1904, Journal of Biblical Literature, Mass.]: Society of Biblical Literature and Exegesis: “The Gospels are evidently independent in their use of…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather’
election, collection, select, elite, collect, lesson, eligible, elect, elegant, coil, negligence, negligent, archaeological, leach, diligent, negligible, legion, cull, pathological, etymology, lignite, lignin, homologous, astrological, pathophysiology, psychopathology, legation, ineligibility, neurophysiology, histopathology, bacteriological, 149 more
through Proto-Hellenic *légō
through Ancient Greek λέγω ‘I say’
technology, catalogue, astrology, lexical, lexicon, epilogue, dialectic, cosmology, alexia, lexis, gynecologist, dialogic, 19 more
through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘word’
apology, logic, trilogy, terminology, analogy, sociology, pathology, physiology, logos, prologue, monologue, archaeologist, pathologist, epistemology, eulogy, logistic, entomology, etiology, bacteriology, apologia, bacteriologist, syllogism, 110 more
Today it means
noun A traditional saying of a religious leader.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / logion