neologism

Meaninga new word

Common meaning: a newly coined word

neonew, youngLiddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), p. 999 · scan
loga word, saying; reckoning, reasonLiddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), p. 476 · scan
ismnoun ending: belief or practice

‘new, young’ + ‘a word, saying’ → neologism

Journey through time

Neither part’s path through time is traced in our sources yet; each root is shown from its dictionary entry.

neo — Greek νέος “new, young” (dictionary form; path not traced)
log — Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) “a word, saying; reckoning, reason” (dictionary form; path not traced)

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

UK IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.
US IPA: not available. Respelling: generated.

Origin: Built on Greek νέος ‘new, young’ + Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) ‘a word, saying; reckoning, reason’.

Did you know (Greek neos, young…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Greek-English Lexicon (1883), entry νέος, p. 999 · dictionary scan

Did you know (The "word" sense…): our wording, based on Liddell & Scott, Intermediate Greek-English Lexicon (1889), entry λόγος (lógos), p. 476 · dictionary scan; Skeat, Etymological Dictionary (1898), entry ANTHOLOGY, p. 26 · dictionary scan

Roots

λόγος (lógos) Ancient Greek “a word, saying; reckoning, reason”
νέος Greek “new, young”

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