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Where does “Baldwin County” come from?

Baldwin County (English) comes from English Georgia, from English george, from Latin Georgius, from Ancient Greek Γεώργιος, from Ancient Greek γεωργός, from Ancient Greek γεω-, from Latin -logia, from Ancient Greek -λογία — to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...

Ancestry of “Baldwin County”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1EnglishGeorgia—
2Englishgeorge—
3LatinGeorgius—
4Ancient GreekΓεώργιοςfarmer, earth-worker
5Ancient Greekγεωργόςtilling the ground; fertilizing; farmer
6Ancient Greekγεω-earth; earth-
7Latin-logia-logy; the study of
8Ancient Greek-λογίαBase for nouns denoting the study of something,...
9Ancient GreekλόγοςThat which is said: word, sentence, speech,...
10Ancient GreekλέγωI put in order, arrange, gather; I choose, count,...
11Proto-Indo-Europeanleǵ-to gather, collect, with derivatives meaning to...
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