English
phenomenologist
Phenomenologist comes from Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’, and goes back to Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’.
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*lóǵosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγοςlógos‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance, argument’
- English1500–presentphenomenology
- Englishtodayphenomenologist
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’reconstructed
- Proto-Indo-European, derivedc. 4500–2500 BCE*lóǵosreconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγοςlógos‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance, argument’
- English1500–presentphenomenology
- Englishtodayphenomenologist
A compound of phenomenology + -ist
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂- ‘to shine, glow light’
Proto-Indo-European *bʰh₂nyéti
Proto-Hellenic *pʰáňňō ‘to appear’
Ancient Greek φαίνω ‘to cause to appear’
Ancient Greek φαινόμενον ‘thing appearing to view’
English phenomenology
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’
election, collection, technology, lesson, select, elite, collect, eligible, elect, elegant, coil, legion, catalogue, negligence, negligible, leach, negligent, diligent, lexicon, lexical, cull, astrology, epilogue, dialectic, cosmology, legation, alexia, lignite, lignin, lexis, gynecologist, ineligibility, dialogic, 150 more
through Proto-Hellenic *lógos
archaeological, pathological, etymology, homologous, pathophysiology, astrological, psychopathology, neurophysiology, bacteriological, histopathology, 101 more
through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’
logic, apology, trilogy, analogy, sociology, terminology, logos, pathology, physiology, prologue, monologue, eulogy, archaeologist, pathologist, logistic, epistemology, entomology, etiology, bacteriology, apologia, syllogism, bacteriologist, 110 more
Today it means
noun A philosopher who practices, advocates, or specializes in the scholarly study of phenomenology.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / phenomenologist