musicología

See also: musicologia

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Spanish música

Proto-Indo-European *leǵ-

Ancient Greek λόγος (lógos)

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-i-eh₂

Proto-Hellenic *-íā

Ancient Greek -ῐ́ᾱ (-ĭ́ā)

Ancient Greek -λογῐ́ᾱ (-logĭ́ā)bor.

Latin -logiader.

Spanish -logía

Spanish musicología

From música + -logía.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /musikoloˈxia/ [mu.si.ko.loˈxi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia
• Syllabification: mu‧si‧co‧lo‧gí‧a

Noun

musicología f (plural musicologías)

1. musicology

Derived terms

• musicológico

Related terms

• musicólogo

Further reading

• “musicología”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025