Word origin
[1700–10; ‹ ML, equiv. to L
eu- eu- + (
ē)
logium inscription on a tombstone
]This word is first recorded in the period 1700–10. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: cirrus, emphatic, envelope, hump, marquiseeu- is a combining form meaning “good,” “well,” occurring chiefly in words of Greek origin(eupepsia); in scientific coinages, esp. taxonomic names, it often has the sense “true, genuine”(eukaryote)