logothete
/ˈlɒɡəθiːt/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
Any of various state officials or functionaries in the Byzantine Empire.
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Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-os Proto-Indo-European *lóǵos Proto-Hellenic *lógos Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) Proto-Indo-European *dʰeh₁- Proto-Indo-European *dʰédʰeh₁ti Ancient Greek τίθημι (títhēmi) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek θέτης (thétēs) Byzantine Greek λογοθέτης (logothétēs)bor. Medieval Latin logothetalbor. English logothete Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin logotheta, borrowed from Byzantine Greek λογοθέτης (logothétēs), from Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos) + θέτης (thétēs).