σπερμολόγος
Ancient Greek
adj-2nd
Definitions
- (of birds) picking up seeds
- (figuratively) picking up scraps, gossiping
Etymology
Compound from Ancient Greek σπέρμα (seed, semen, sperm) + Ancient Greek λέγω (say, speak, choose, gather, pick up, reason, count, I speak, pick, I mean, compute, I choose, tell, reckon).
Origin
Ancient Greek
λέγω
Gloss
say, speak, choose, gather, pick up, reason, count, I speak, pick, I mean, compute, I choose, tell, reckon
Concept
Semantic Field
Speech and language
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Kanji
理
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- lectic English
- spermarche English
- spermatozoon English
- spermophyte English
- -logia Latin
- sperma Latin
- -spermia Italian
- γενεαλόγος Ancient Greek
- διαλέγομαι Ancient Greek
- διαλέγω Ancient Greek
- καταλέγω Ancient Greek
- κνιπολόγος Ancient Greek
- λέγω Ancient Greek
- λέξις Ancient Greek
- λεκτικός Ancient Greek
- λιθόσπερμον Ancient Greek
- λινόσπερμον Ancient Greek
- παραδοξολόγος Ancient Greek
- σπέρμα Ancient Greek
- σπείρω Ancient Greek
- συλλέγω Ancient Greek
- τερατολόγος Ancient Greek
- ψευδολόγος Ancient Greek
- ἀμφιλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀναλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀπολέγω Ancient Greek
- ἀστρολόγος Ancient Greek
- ἐκλέγω Ancient Greek
- ἐπιλέγω Ancient Greek
- ὀστέον Ancient Greek
- ὡρολόγιον Ancient Greek
- *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European
- *spérmn̥ Proto-Indo-European
- sperm Norwegian Bokmål
- sperma Norwegian Bokmål
- spermie Norwegian Bokmål
- sperma Norwegian Nynorsk
- spermie Norwegian Nynorsk
- dialekt Danish
- սպերմա Armenian
- -λογία Greek (modern)
- επιλέγω Greek (modern)
- λέγω Greek (modern)
- λέω Greek (modern)
- σπέρμα Greek (modern)
- ⲥⲡⲉⲣⲙⲁ Coptic