Etymograph

English

edaphologic

Edaphologic comes from Ancient Greek ἔδαφος ‘ground’.

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔδαφος1édaphos‘ground’
  2. Englishtodayedaphologic1

attested reconstructed ? uncertain or disputed deepest recorded ancestor

  1. 1 Wiktionary, English edaphologic

Earlier history uncertain. See Wiktionary.

Lineage

  1. Ancient Greekc. 800–300 BCEἔδαφοςWiktionary, English edaphologicédaphos‘ground’
  2. EnglishtodayedaphologicWiktionary, English edaphologic

Formed from logic

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- ‘to collect, gather (words)’

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Ancient Greek λογική ‘logic’

Latin logica

Old French logike

Middle English logik

English logic

Linked words

through Proto-Indo-European *sed- ‘to sit’

set, president, size, sell, sit, sitting, seat, session, chair, method, resident, settle, assess, nest, possess, siege, saddle, exodus, niche, reside, subsidy, residue, residual, nye, sediment, insidious, sedan, dissident, beset, prasad, soot, sedentary, setter, obsess, cathode, anode, sedative, chaise, presidio, sate, 95 more

Today it means

adj of or pertaining to edaphology

Sources

Sources: Wiktionary, “edaphologic”. 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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