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MULTI-WORD EVIDENCE LAB
PAIRWISE LAB ↗THE QUESTION THE GRAPH WAS BUILT TO ANSWER2–8 WORDS
CONNECT
THE WHOLE
FAMILY.
Ask how several words are related. *SET-U computes pairwise shortest paths, then builds a compact spanning forest from cited lexical edges. A shared person or text may bridge islands, but it is never mislabeled as ancestry.
Distinct forms in the spanning evidence network.
Distinct cited lexical relationships used.
Distinct bibliographic records supporting this view.
ONE REVIEWED NETWORK1 lexical branches · 0 context bridges
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THE SPANNING EVIDENCE FOREST
1 BRANCHES CONNECT THE RESOLVED WORDS
REVIEWED LEXICAL PATH
9 EDGES-logy ↔ etymology
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Present-Day English · Modern English
attested-logy
bound element forming nouns of expression, discourse, doctrine, theory, science, or study
historical continuation
The learned form remains productive across expression, discourse, doctrine, theory, science, and study senses rather than narrowing to one universal gloss.
SOUND + EVIDENCE
Middle English -logie is continued by modern English -logy with spelling and pronunciation adapted to later English patterns.
American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Merriam-Webster Editors · established-logy — Definition and Word History · Definitions 1–2 ↗OPEN EDGE 1025 ↗02
Middle English · Middle English
attested-logie
bound learned element visible in words such as etimologie
borrowing
The discourse or learned-account function continues within borrowed formations.
SOUND + EVIDENCE
Middle English -logie borrows the formally matching Old French learned element.
American Heritage Dictionary Editors · establishedAmerican Heritage Dictionary: -logy or -ology · Middle English -logie, from Old French ↗OPEN EDGE 1026 ↗03
Old French · Old French
attested-logie
learned noun-forming element transmitted into Middle English
borrowing
The learned noun-forming function remains associated with accounts and organized subjects.
SOUND + EVIDENCE
Old French -logie continues Latin -logia with Romance phonological and orthographic adaptation.
American Heritage Dictionary Editors · establishedAmerican Heritage Dictionary: -logy or -ology · Old French, from Latin -logia ↗OPEN EDGE 1027 ↗04
Latin · Latin and learned Latin
attested-logia
learned noun-forming element continuing Greek -logia
borrowing
A Greek formation in the speaking and account family becomes a reusable learned Latin element.
SOUND + EVIDENCE
Latin -logia borrows and transliterates Greek -logiā.
American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Merriam-Webster Editors · established-logy — Definition and Word History · Etymology: French -logie, Latin -logia, Greek, from logos ↗OPEN EDGE 1028 ↗05
Ancient Greek · Ancient Greek
attested-λογία
formation associated with speaking, discourse, or an account of a subject
derivation
Word, speech, and discourse support account-of-a-subject formations; “science” is a later specialization, not the only Greek value.
SOUND + EVIDENCE
Greek -logiā is formed in the logos family; American Heritage also records -logos formations as a contributing channel.
American Heritage Dictionary Editors · Ancient Greek lexicography · establishedLogeion: λόγος · λόγος ↗OPEN EDGE 1029 ↗06
Ancient Greek · Ancient Greek
attestedλόγος
word, speech, account, reckoning, reason
compound member
The “account / study” member combines with ἔτυμος “true, real” to form etymology.
SOUND + EVIDENCE
Greek ἐτυμολογία contains the -λογία formation belonging to the λόγος family.
Ancient Greek lexicography · establishedLogeion: ἐτυμολογία · ἐτυμολογία ↗OPEN EDGE 51 ↗07
Ancient Greek · classical / Hellenistic
attestedἐτυμολογία
analysis of a word’s true sense
borrowing
A Greek technical concept entered Latin grammatical tradition.
SOUND + EVIDENCE
Latin borrowed Greek ἐτυμολογία.
Latin and Greek lexicography · establishedLogeion: etymologia · etymologia ↗OPEN EDGE 9 ↗08
Latin · antiquity–medieval
attestedetymologia
explanation of a word by its origin
borrowing
Scholarly explanation of a word’s origin continued.
SOUND + EVIDENCE
Old French transmitted the learned Latin form.
French historical lexicography · establishedÉtymologie: étymologie · Étymologie ↗OPEN EDGE 8 ↗09
Old French · 14th c.
attestedethimologie
derivation of a word
borrowing
The technical term broadened into the modern historical discipline.
SOUND + EVIDENCE
English adapted the learned French form and later aligned spelling with the classical model.
OED · historical lexicography · establishedEtymology — Word History · Word History ↗OPEN EDGE 7 ↗03
WHAT THIS VIEW PROVES
COMPACT DOES NOT MEAN CERTAIN
Every resolved pair is searched through the undirected reviewed graph, bounded at 12 edges.
Cited ancestry, borrowing, derivation, and semantic continuation paths are preferred over historical-context bridges.
The shortest available pair paths are greedily selected until each connectable word belongs to one network.
This is a compact evidence view, not a claim that scholarship has one uniquely minimal family tree.