Astrologe

/ˈæstrəˌloʊdʒ/ noun

Definition

An archaic spelling or form of 'astrologer,' particularly used in Middle English and Renaissance texts.

Etymology

From 'astro-' (star) + '-loge' (variant of 'logos,' one who speaks). This is an older English spelling that was gradually replaced by the modern 'astrologer' around the 16th century.

Kelly Says

Spelling was chaotic in the Renaissance—the same person might write 'astrologe' one day and 'astrologer' the next, and we can actually track how printing standardized English spelling by watching these variants disappear from texts after the 1600s!

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