English
terminology
Terminology may come from French terminologie.
- Frenchc. 1600–presentterminologieuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2013terminology
attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor
Earlier history uncertain.
Lineage
- Frenchc. 1600–presentterminologieuncertain
- Englishearliest quotation 2013terminology
Earliest quotation: 2013, Welcome to the plastisphere: “[The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic…”
Linked words
through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect (words)’
election, collection, lesson, select, technology, eligible, elite, collect, elect, elegant, legion, coil, negligence, catalogue, negligible, negligent, leach, diligent, lexicon, lexical, cull, epilogue, astrology, dialectic, legation, alexia, lexis, cosmology, gynecologist, lignite, lignin, ineligibility, dialogic, 151 more
through Proto-Hellenic *lógos
archaeological, pathological, astrological, etymology, homologous, pathophysiology, psychopathology, neurophysiology, histopathology, bacteriological, 102 more
through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘explanation’
logic, apology, trilogy, analogy, sociology, logos, physiology, pathology, logistic, prologue, archaeologist, pathologist, monologue, eulogy, epistemology, entomology, etiology, apologia, syllogism, bacteriology, bacteriologist, 111 more
through Medieval Latin terminus ‘a term’
determination, termination, terminator, determinism, interminable, determinate, 23 more
Today it means
noun A treatise on terms, especially those used in a specialised field.
Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word.
Etymograph / French terminologie / terminology