English
syllogism
Syllogism comes from Ancient Greek συλλογισμός ‘inference, conclusion’, from λογίζομαι ‘to calculate’, 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‘computation, reckoning’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλογίζομαι‘to calculate’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσυλλογίζομαι‘to compute, infer’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσυλλογισμόςsullogismós‘inference, conclusion’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsyllogismus
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400silogisme
- Englishearliest quotation 2006syllogism
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Lineage
- Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-‘to collect (words)’reconstructed
- Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosreconstructed
- Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγος‘computation, reckoning’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEλογίζομαι‘to calculate’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσυλλογίζομαι‘to compute, infer’
- Ancient Greek, derivedc. 800–300 BCEσυλλογισμόςsullogismós‘inference, conclusion’
- Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEsyllogismus
- Old Frenchc. 842–1400silogisme
- Englishearliest quotation 2006syllogism
Earliest quotation: 2006, Richard Dien Winfield, Ashgate Publishing: “Ever since Aristotle, syllogism has occupied a central place…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect (words)’
election, collection, technology, lesson, select, elite, collect, eligible, elect, elegant, coil, legion, negligence, catalogue, negligent, leach, negligible, diligent, lexicon, astrology, lexical, epilogue, cull, dialectic, legation, cosmology, alexia, lignite, lignin, gynecologist, lexis, ineligibility, dialogic, 151 more
through Proto-Hellenic *lógos
archaeological, pathological, etymology, homologous, pathophysiology, astrological, psychopathology, neurophysiology, histopathology, bacteriological, 102 more
through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘computation, reckoning’
logic, apology, trilogy, sociology, terminology, analogy, physiology, pathology, logos, monologue, prologue, eulogy, archaeologist, pathologist, entomology, epistemology, etiology, bacteriology, apologia, bacteriologist, 111 more
through Ancient Greek λογίζομαι ‘to calculate’
Today it means
noun An argument whose conclusion is supported by two premises, of which one contains the term that is the predicate of the conclusion, and the other contains the term that is the subject of the conclusion; common to both premises is a term that is excluded from the conclusion.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- / syllogism