English
logomachy
Logomachy comes from Ancient Greek λογομαχία ‘a fight about words’, and goes back to λογομᾰχέω.
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλογομᾰχέω‘to fight about words’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλογομαχίαlogomakhía‘a fight about words’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElogomachia
- Englishearliest quotation 1911logomachy
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλογομᾰχέω‘to fight about words’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλογομαχίαlogomakhía‘a fight about words’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CElogomachia
- Englishearliest quotation 1911logomachy
Earliest quotation: 1911, G. K. Chesterton, The Secret Garden: “He was left over the coffee with Brayne, the…”
Every English word from Ancient Greek λογομᾰχέω
Today it means
noun Dispute over the meaning of words
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Ancient Greek λογομᾰχέω / logomachy