dromology
English
noun
Definitions
- (philosophy) The science or logic of speed.
Etymology
Derived from French dromologie derived from Ancient Greek δρόμος (road, a course, race course, running, race, racetrack, course, street, path, way, speedway).
Origin
Ancient Greek
δρόμος
Gloss
road, a course, race course, running, race, racetrack, course, street, path, way, speedway
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Kanji
道, 路
Emoji
🛣️
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -drome English
- -dromous English
- acrodrome English
- drome English
- dromo- English
- dromotropic English
- canis Latin
- -dromo Italian
- dromo Italian
- dromos Italian
- -drome French
- dromologie French
- vélodrome French
- -dromo Spanish, Castilian
- δρόμος Ancient Greek
- ἁρματοδρομία Ancient Greek
- ἱππόδρομος Ancient Greek
- *drem- Proto-Indo-European
- -dromo Portuguese
- ortadromach Irish
- -dromo Galician
- δρόμος Greek (modern)
- dromu Sicilian