philology

noun

/fɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒɪ/UK/fɪˈlɑ.lə.d͡ʒi/US/fɪˈlɒl.ə.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English Philologie, from Latin philologia, from Ancient Greek φιλολογίᾱ (philologíā, “love of argument or reasoning, love of learning and literature”).

derived from φιλολογίᾱ — “love of argument or reasoning, love of learning and literature”
derived from philologia
inherited from Philologie

Definitions

1
The humanistic study of texts and their languages, especially ancient or classical…
The humanistic study of texts and their languages, especially ancient or classical languages.
- […]his early philosophical studies converged with his original love of philology as he pursued the “prehistory” of Kantian critique in Descartes, Galileo, and Copernicus, back to Plato.
Historical or comparative linguistics.
Love and study of learning and literature, broadly speaking.

The neighborhood

synonymphilology
neighborlogophilia
neighborclassical studies
neighborhigher criticism
neighborlinguistics
neighborliterary criticism
neighborlower criticism
neighborphilosophy
neighbortextual criticism
neighbor:Category:en:Humanities
neighborAppendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 560. Language

Derived

classical philology, cognitive philology, comparative philology, philologaster, philologer, philologian, philological, philologically, philologise, philologist, philologize, piphilology, textual philology

Vish — recursive loop

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