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"logic" in seven languages

Meaninglogic

Spanish

lógica

/ˈloxika/

fem.learned

French

logique

/lɔʒik/

fem.learned

Italian

logica

/ˈlɔdʒika/

fem.learned

Portuguese

lógica

/ˈlɔʒikɐ/

fem.learned

Romanian

logică

/ˈlodʒikə/

fem.learned

Catalan

lògica

/ˈlɔʒikə/

fem.learned

English

logic

/ˈlɑdʒɪk/

from Latin/French · Old French logique

English → ItalianlogiclogicaCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

LOGICAM (from Greek logikḗ)‘the art of reasoning’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

Greek logikḗ (tékhnē), 'the art of words and reason', from lógos. All four are learned; only the g changes, read as Spanish x, French ʒ, Italian dʒ.

English relatives: logical, -logy, dialogue

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In a sentence

  • esEso no tiene lógica.
  • frÇa n'a aucune logique.
  • itNon ha nessuna logica.
  • ptIsso não tem lógica.
  • roAsta n-are nicio logică.
  • caAixò no té cap lògica.
  • enThat has no logic.

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