astrology

C2+ Topic:People & Society

US /əˈstrɑlədʒi/ UK /əˈstrɒlədʒi/ See IPA manual

Meanings

1

noun
the study of how the positions of stars and planets supposedly influence human affairs

She consulted her astrology chart before making any big decision.

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Synonyms

1 noun · the study of how the... horoscopystargazingastromancy

Word family

Forms astrologicalastrologically

Derived forms astrologerastrologicalastrologically

Related forms astronomy astral asterisk disaster

Simplified etymology

Astrology, recorded from late Middle English, contains astro-, from Greek astron, “star.” During the Middle Ages it was not sharply separated from astronomy, and astronomy could encompass both fields.

Etymology

From Latin astrologia, from Ancient Greek astrología ('telling of the stars'), from astron ('star') + -logia ('study, account').

astrología Ancient Greek astron Ancient Greek *h₂stḗr Proto-Indo-European

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# astrology

**Type:** Word
**Level:** C2+
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /əˈstrɑlədʒi/
**IPA (UK):** /əˈstrɒlədʒi/

## Meanings
1. the study of how the positions of stars and planets supposedly influence human affairs

## Examples
- She consulted her astrology chart before making any big decision.

## Synonyms
- horoscopy
- stargazing
- astromancy

## Derived Forms
- astrologer
- astrological
- astrologically

## Related Forms
- astronomy
- astral
- asterisk
- disaster

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: astrología
- Root: astron
- Root: *h₂stḗr

## Etymology
From Latin astrologia, from Ancient Greek astrología ('telling of the stars'), from astron ('star') + -logia ('study, account').

## AI Etymology
astrology comes from Latin astrologia, from Ancient Greek astrología ('telling of the stars'), from astron ('star') + -logia ('study, account'). Morphologically, the word is transparent: -logia is attached to the older base named in the history, so the modern form packages an inherited or borrowed stem inside a later English derivative. In modern use, the noun sense is "the study of how the positions of stars and planets supposedly influence human affairs", which keeps the etymology connected to the word's present dictionary value rather than treating it as a merely historical label. The wider word family includes related English forms such as astronomy, astral, asterisk, disaster and derivatives such as astrologer, astrological, astrologically, showing how the same base continues to support neighboring English vocabulary. The principal historical forms in the chain include Ancient Greek astrología, Ancient Greek astron, Proto-Indo-European *h₂stḗr, which anchor the explanation in named linguistic material.

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- People & Society
- Word Formation & Derivatives

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