hemerology
English
/hɛməˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/, /hɛməˈɹɑləd͡ʒi/
noun
Definitions
- The study of calendars, especially with a view to identifying propitious days.
Etymology
Derived from Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ (day, date) derived from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (be hot, burn) derived from Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (or a branch of knowledge, suffix indicating the study of something) derived from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak), *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ (suffix forming a collectve noun).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*-i-eh₂, *-h₂
Gloss
suffix forming a collectve noun
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- -lect English
- haplogy English
- hemerodrome English
- hemerological English
- heptameron English
- intelligible English
- lexicography English
- *exēligere Latin
- amārus Latin
- colligō Latin
- delegationis, delegatio Latin
- diligentem Latin
- dīlēctus Latin
- electrix Latin
- intellectus Latin
- intellego Latin
- intellegēns, intelligens Latin
- intellegō Latin
- lectus Latin
- legio Latin
- legiō Latin
- legō Latin
- lēx, lēgem Latin
- ēligere Latin
- codicologia Italian
- -ία Ancient Greek
- -ίᾱ Ancient Greek
- -λογία Ancient Greek
- -λογῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
- -λόγος Ancient Greek
- βάλλειν Ancient Greek
- λέγω Ancient Greek
- λεξικόν Ancient Greek
- λεξικὸν βιβλίον Ancient Greek
- λογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- λογεῖον Ancient Greek
- λογικός Ancient Greek
- λογισμός Ancient Greek
- λογιστικός Ancient Greek
- λογομαχία Ancient Greek
- λόγιον Ancient Greek
- λόγος Ancient Greek
- συλλογίζομαι Ancient Greek
- συλλογισμός Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολόγος Ancient Greek
- ἐφήμερος Ancient Greek
- ἐφημερία Ancient Greek
- ἡμέρᾱ Ancient Greek
- *-i-eh₂, *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
- *drem- Proto-Indo-European
- *gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eh₃- Proto-Indo-European
- *h₂eh₃mr̥ Proto-Indo-European
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
- *srew- Proto-Indo-European
- eleger Portuguese
- *lakō Proto-Germanic
- *lekaną Proto-Germanic
- *lēkijō Proto-Germanic
- εφήμερος Greek (modern)
- εφημερίδα Greek (modern)
- ημέρα Greek (modern)
- zgjedh Albanian
- zgledh Albanian
- *to- Proto-Celtic
- *legō Proto-Italic
- *luke- Proto-Uralic
- läk- Tocharian B
- läk- Tocharian A