"hemerology" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /hɛməˈɹɒləd͡ʒi/ [Received-Pronunciation], /hɛməˈɹɑləd͡ʒi/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-hemerology.wav [Southern-England] Forms: hemerologies [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day; date”) (a variant of ἦμαρ (êmar, “day”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (“be hot, burn”)) + -ology (from Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logíā, “suffix indicating the study of something, or a branch of knowledge”), from λόγος (lógos, “word; explanation; subject matter”) (from λέγω (légō, “to arrange, put in order”), from Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”)) + -ίᾱ (-íā, “suffix forming a feminine abstract noun”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ (“suffix forming a collectve noun”))). Etymology templates: {{der|en|grc|ἡμέρᾱ||day; date}} Ancient Greek ἡμέρᾱ (hēmérā, “day; date”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*h₂eh₃-||be hot, burn}} Proto-Indo-European *h₂eh₃- (“be hot, burn”), {{suffix|en||ology}} + -ology, {{der|en|grc|-λογῐ́ᾱ||suffix indicating the study of something, or a branch of knowledge}} Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logíā, “suffix indicating the study of something, or a branch of knowledge”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*leǵ-||to gather}} Proto-Indo-European *leǵ- (“to gather”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*-h₂|*-i-eh₂|suffix forming a collectve noun}} Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂ (“suffix forming a collectve noun”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} hemerology (countable and uncountable, plural hemerologies)
  1. The study of calendars, especially with a view to identifying propitious days. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Timekeeping Derived forms: hemerological Translations (study of calendars): hemerologia [feminine] (Catalan), kalenterimystiikka (Finnish), hémérologie [feminine] (French), Hemerologie [feminine] (German), hemerología [feminine] (Spanish)

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