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Where does “γεωμέτρης” come from?

γεωμέτρης (Ancient Greek) comes from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος, from Ancient Greek λέγω, from Proto-Indo-European leǵ- — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

γεωμέτρης (Ancient Greek): land measurer

Definitions

  1. land measurer

Ancestry of “γεωμέτρης”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
2Latin-logia-logy; the study of
3Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
4Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
5Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “γεωμέτρης”

  • geometry
  • geometric
  • geometrically
  • geometer
  • gematria
  • geometrician
  • hypergeometric
  • geometrid
  • nongeometric
  • microgeometry
  • geometrize
  • geometricity
  • macrogeometric
  • microgeometric
  • geometrist
  • hypergeometry
  • geometricization
  • macrogeometry
  • supergeometry
  • ungeometric
  • gematric
  • pregeometry
  • nongeometrically
  • chronogeometric
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