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Where does “Jordi” come from?

Jordi (Dutch) comes from Catalan Jordi, from Latin Georgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος, from Ancient Greek γεωργός, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Ancestry of “Jordi”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1CatalanJordi—
2LatinGeorgius—
3Ancient GreekΓεώργιοςfarmer, earth-worker
4Ancient Greekγεωργόςtilling the ground; fertilizing; farmer
5Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
6Latin-logia-logy; the study of
7Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
8Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
9Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
10Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Words derived from “Jordi”

  • Jordy
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