Etymograph

English

astrologic

Astrologic may come from French astrologique ‘astrological’, from Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’, and ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’.

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-1‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lóǵos1reconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógos1reconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγος1lógos‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance, argument’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀστρολογία1astrología‘astronomy’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEastrologia1‘astronomy’
  7. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEastrologicus2‘astrological’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentastrologique3‘astrological’uncertain
  9. Englishtodayastrologic3

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, Latin astrologicus
  2. 2 Wiktionary, French astrologique
  3. 3 Wiktionary, English astrologic

Lineage

  1. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*leǵ-Wiktionary, Latin astrologicus‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to speak by carefully selecting one's words’reconstructed
  2. Proto-Indo-Europeanc. 4500–2500 BCE*lóǵosWiktionary, Latin astrologicusreconstructed
  3. Proto-Hellenicc. 2200–1600 BCE*lógosWiktionary, Latin astrologicusreconstructed
  4. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEλόγοςWiktionary, Latin astrologicuslógos‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech, story, debate, utterance, argument’
  5. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἀστρολογίαWiktionary, Latin astrologicusastrología‘astronomy’
  6. Latinc. 75 BCE–200 CEastrologiaWiktionary, Latin astrologicus‘astronomy’
  7. Late Latinc. 200–600 CEastrologicusWiktionary, French astrologique‘astrological’
  8. Frenchc. 1600–presentastrologiqueWiktionary, English astrologic‘astrological’uncertain
  9. EnglishtodayastrologicWiktionary, English astrologic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning…’

election, collection, technology, lesson, select, elite, collect, eligible, elect, elegant, coil, legion, negligence, catalogue, negligent, negligible, leach, diligent, cull, lexicon, epilogue, lexical, legation, cosmology, dialectic, alexia, lignite, lexis, lignin, gynecologist, ineligibility, dialogic, 151 more

through Proto-Hellenic *lógos

etymology, homologous, pathophysiology, psychopathology, neurophysiology, histopathology, 102 more

through Ancient Greek λόγος ‘that which is said: word, sentence, speech,…’

apology, analogy, trilogy, sociology, terminology, physiology, logos, pathology, archaeological, monologue, pathological, eulogy, prologue, archaeologist, pathologist, entomology, epistemology, logistic, etiology, bacteriology, apologia, syllogism, bacteriologist, bacteriological, 107 more

Today it means

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Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “astrologic”; the older steps come from the Wiktionary entries for Latin astrologicus, French astrologique. By Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0, via kaikki.org (dump of Oct 3 2026); text adapted and restructured. Language periods are conventional ranges, not dates for this word. License.

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