λογομαχία

Ancient Greek

noun

Definitions

a fight about words

Etymology

Suffix from Ancient Greek λογομᾰχέω (fight about words), λόγος (word, speech, reason, account, study, discourse, oration, utterance, narrative, calculation, quote, story, ratio, explanation, debate, computation, reasoning, reckoning) + Ancient Greek μᾰ́χη (battle, fight, combat)root from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*leǵ-

Gloss

gather, collect, leak, select, pick out, drain, speak

Concept

Semantic Field

Spatial relations

Ontological Category

Action/Process

`Kanji`

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Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

-lect English
haplogy English
intelligible English
lexicography English
logo- English
logolepsy English
logopedics English
logorrhea English
logos English
logotype English
protologism English
*exēligere Latin
collega 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
logarithmus Latin
logomachia Latin
loquor Latin
lēx, lēgem Latin
ēligere Latin
codicologia Italian
логос Russian
-logía Spanish, Castilian
neologismo Spanish, Castilian
-λογία Ancient Greek
-λογῐ́ᾱ Ancient Greek
-λόγος Ancient Greek
Δωρίμαχος Ancient Greek
Θρασύμαχος Ancient Greek
Καλλίμαχος Ancient Greek
Κλειτόμαχος Ancient Greek
Λυσίμαχος Ancient Greek
Νικόμαχος Ancient Greek
Τηλέμαχος Ancient Greek
Τυφωνομαχία Ancient Greek
διαλογίζομαι Ancient Greek
εὐλογέω Ancient Greek
εὐλογία Ancient Greek
θεολόγος 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
λογογράφος Ancient Greek
λογομᾰχέω Ancient Greek
λόγιον Ancient Greek
λόγος Ancient Greek
μᾰ́χη Ancient Greek
ναυμαχέω Ancient Greek
παιδείᾱ Ancient Greek
πρόλογος Ancient Greek
σκιαμαχία Ancient Greek
συλλογίζομαι Ancient Greek
συλλογισμός Ancient Greek
ταυρομαχία Ancient Greek
τριλογία Ancient Greek
φωνομαχία Ancient Greek
ἀνθολογία Ancient Greek
ἀνθρωπόλογος Ancient Greek
ἀντίλογος Ancient Greek
ἀξιόλογος Ancient Greek
ἀπολογία Ancient Greek
ἀστρολογία Ancient Greek
ἀστρολόγος Ancient Greek
Ἀμαζονομαχία Ancient Greek
Ἀνδρόμαχος Ancient Greek
Ἀντίμαχος Ancient Greek
ἐλεφαντομαχία Ancient Greek
ἐπίλογος Ancient Greek
ἠθολογία Ancient Greek
ἠθολόγος Ancient Greek
ὁμολογέω Ancient Greek
*-i-eh₂, *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European
*leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
*polh₁ús Proto-Indo-European
*srew- Proto-Indo-European
logaritme Norwegian Bokmål
logo Norwegian Bokmål
Logos Portuguese
eleger Portuguese
*lakō Proto-Germanic
*lekaną Proto-Germanic
*lēkijō Proto-Germanic
logaritme Norwegian Nynorsk
logo Norwegian Nynorsk
logos Czech
صِين Arabic
логос Serbo-Croatian
neoloxismo Galician
ornitoloxía Galician
λόγος Greek (modern)
arkeologi Indonesian
zgjedh Albanian
zgledh Albanian
ეპისტემოლოგია Georgian
*to- Proto-Celtic
epistemolojia Swahili
*legō Proto-Italic
*luke- Proto-Uralic
läk- Tocharian B
läk- Tocharian A
epistemalaji Jamaican Creole