Origin of catalog
1425–75; late Middle English
cataloge < Late Latin
catalogus < Greek
katálogos a register (akin to
katalégein to count up), equivalent to
kata-
cata- +
-logos reckoning
SYNONYMS FOR catalog
OTHER WORDS FROM catalog
Words nearby catalog
catalepsy,
catalexis,
catalin,
catalina island,
catalo,
catalog,
catalog code,
catalog verse,
cataloger,
catalogue,
catalogue raisonné
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British Dictionary definitions for catalogue
catalogue
US catalog
/ (ˈkætəˌlɒɡ) /
noun
verb -logues, -loguing or -logued or US -logs, -loging or -loged
to compile a catalogue of (a library)
to add (books, items, etc) to an existing catalogue
Derived forms of catalogue
cataloguer or cataloguist, nounWord Origin for catalogue
C15: from Late Latin
catalogus, from Greek
katalogos, from
katalegein to list, from
kata- completely +
legein to collect