Where does “geografie” come from?
geografie (Dutch) comes from Middle French géographie, from Latin geōgraphia, from Ancient Greek γεωγραφία, from Ancient Greek γεωγράφος, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία, from Ancient Greek λόγος — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
geografie (Dutch): geography
Definitions
- geography
Ancestry of “geografie”, step by step
geografie traces back through two separate lines of ancestry.
via Middle French géographie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Middle French | géographie | — |
| 2 | Latin | geōgraphia | geography |
| 3 | Ancient Greek | γεωγραφία | a description of the earth |
| 4 | Ancient Greek | γεωγράφος | geographer |
| 5 | Ancient Greek | γεω- | earth; earth- |
| 6 | Latin | -logia | -logy; the study of |
| 7 | Ancient Greek | -λογία | Base for nouns denoting the study of something,... |
| 8 | Ancient Greek | λόγος | That which is said: word, sentence, speech,... |
| 9 | Ancient Greek | λέγω | I put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,... |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | leǵ- | to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to... |
via French géographie
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | French | géographie | geography |